Assertion: european polecat | /r/HasProperty | mustela putorius
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text: European polecat European polecat (Mustela putorius).
text: The Eastern European or Steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanni) and the Eastern European polecat (Mustela putorius putorius) are very similar in appearance and skeletal structure.
text: The European polecat (Mustela putorius) – also known as the common ferret, black or forest polecat, foumart (from Middle English 'Fulmard', meaning 'Foul', and 'Mearth' , meaning 'Marten'), or fitch (as well as some other names) – is a species of mustelid native to western Eurasia and north Morocco.
text: Experts think they were bred more than 2,500 years ago from either European polecats (Mustela putorius) or steppe polecats (Mustela eversmanii).
text: According to phylogenetic studies, the ferret was domesticated from the European polecat (Mustela putorius), and likely descends from a North African lineage of the species.
text: Ferrets are domesticated animals whose ancestors are believed to be native European polecats (Mustela putorius).
text: Skunks are also refered to ing a 'polecats' in deference to the fact that they look like a European polecat (Mustela putorius), which actually is a member of the Mustelidae family.
text: The name is instead related to the word "fitch", meaning a European polecat (Mustela putorius) or pelt thereof, due to the resemblance to that animal.
text: European polecats (Mustela putorius), with their bandit-like face masks and lush brown fur, are found across the continent.
text: It is the domesticated form of the European polecat (Mustela putorius) (or possibly the eastern European steppe polecat (M. eversmannii) or both).
text: European polecats (Mustela putorius), with their bandit-like face masks and lush brown fur, are found across the continent.
text: It is thought that ferrets may have been domesticated from native European polecats (Mustela putorius).
text: Aside from selection towards particular fur colors, domestic ferrets closely resemble their wild ancestors, European polecats (Mustela putorius).
text: One theory suggests the Greeks domesticated the indigenous European polecat (Mustela putorius) in order to protect grain stores from rodent infestation much in the way the Egyptians domesticated the cat.
text: The name comes from colonial Dutch fisse or visse due to its resemblance to the European polecat (Mustela putorius).
text: Ferrets were domesticated from European polecats (Mustela putorius) approximately 2,500 years ago.