Mustela putorius

The polecat, or European polecat, is a wide-ranging European Mustelid.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_polecat&oldid=1071642783 It is not commonly portrayed in modern fiction. To Americans it resembles the ferret. 
The surname Fitch is described in some books and online articles as deriving from fitch, an old word for the polecat. However the word fitch, as fitchew, was created when the word was introduced to Middle English from Old French's fisseau and Middle Dutch's visse. Records of the surname Fitch predates this time by 300 yearshttps://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Fitch&oldid=65423246https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=fitch&oldid=64148034https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=fitchew&oldid=65312012.
== See also ==
Weasels
Ferrets
== References ==
Category:Mustela
Category:Polecats