Polecat

| View Cart ⇗ | Info

“The Polecat is one of the Mustelinæ, akin to the marten, but with a broader head, a blunter snout, and a much shorter tail. It has a shorter neck and a stouter body than the weasel. Two glands near the root of the tail emit a highly offensive smell. It makes immense havoc in poultry yards, rabbit warrens, and among hares and partidges, killing everything which it can overpower."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Keywords

polecat, pole cat, mustelinae, mustelinæ, akin to the marten, highly offensive smell

Galleries

Mammals: O-Q

Source

Everybody's Cyclopedia (New York, NY: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1912)

Downloads

TIFF (full resolution)

2400×1462, 1.6 MiB

Large GIF

1024×623, 189.3 KiB

Medium GIF

640×389, 88.1 KiB

Small GIF

320×194, 26.9 KiB