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Striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus)
Subject: Striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus)
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25, Animal of the Weasel-Kind, Charles Catton's Animals (1788) (cropped) striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus).jpg
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Striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus)


Illustration from Charles Catton the Younger Animals drawn from nature and engraved in aqua-tinta
Date 1788
Source Charles Catton the younger, Animals drawn from nature and engraved in aqua-tinta, Publisher: London : Printed for the Author ... and sold by I. and J. Taylor ..., 1788.
Author Charles Catton the younger
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A25%2C_Animal_of_the_Weasel-Kind%2C_Charles_Catton%2527s_Animals_%281788%29_%28cropped%29.jpg

The striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus) - also called the African polecat, zoril, zorille, zorilla, Cape polecat, and African skunk - is a member of the family Mustelidae that resembles a skunk (of the family Mephitidae). The name "zorilla" comes from the word "zorro", which in Spanish means "fox". It lives predominantly in dry and arid climates, such as the savannahs and open country of Central, Southern, and sub-Saharan Africa, excluding the Congo basin and the more coastal areas of West Africa.

Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Ictonyx
Species: Ictonyx striatus (Perry, 1810)

African polecat
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