#marbled polecat

[cryptixotic]

• Strange Beasts •

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Phylogenetic weasel tournament

Family: Mustelidae

Subfamily: Lutrinae, Mustelinae, Ictonychinae

Genus: Lontra, Hydrictis, Lutra, Lutrogale, Aonyx, Enhydra, Pteronura; Neogale, Mustela; Galictis, Lyncodon, Ictonyx, Poecilogale, Vormela

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[moomeecore]

a love letter to weasels ❤️🩷

[hopehjort]

When the stretch is juuust right 💕

[vuelode-irbis]

Happy pride everyone!!!

here's some mustelids i drew with that scan style i've been trying

ID: a digital drawing that features eight members of the Mustelidae family colored with some lgbtq+ pride flag colors. From left to right, there's a yellow-throated marten with the non-binary flag colors, the flag is besides it as an impact onomatopoeia; a tayra painted with the aromantic flag colors, and some sparkles and stars besides it; a ferret with the trans flag colors, and a little trans flag near its paws; a marbled polecat in the asexual flag colors, and a little heart and ace of spades; an ermine with the bisexual flag colors and two hearts over its head; a long-tailed weasel in the lesbian flag colors with some impact onomatopoeias and sparkles around it; a pine marten with the male gay flag, a line over its body and two little hearts near its paws, and a sea otter in the pansexual flag colors, as well as three hearts near its head. End ID.

[pearl-kite]

For the prompts, maybe a marbled polecat in Dandelion?

So it turns out mustelids are kind of hard to figure out because noodle, but I love them

Palette Prompts here

[aragonit3rock]

charging up

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Marbled Polecat (Vormela peregusna)

Habitat & Distribution

Native to southern Europe and central Asia, from Serbia to northern China

Found in deserts, scrublands, and low steppe country

Physical Description

Weight: 295 to 715 g (10.4 to 25.2 oz)

Length: 29–35 cm (11.4 to 13.7 in)

The marbled polecat resembles other mustelids, with a long, slender body and a triangular face

The head is marked with black and white, and the body is yellow with mottled black spots

Behaviour

Marbled polecats rely on their sense of smell to find food, namely squirrels, hamsters, voles, mice, birds, lizards, and insects

Adults are solitary, and will defend their territories against rivals

They live in subterranean burrows, which can be self-dug or abandoned by other animals

Their main predators are larger mammals like foxes, and birds of prey

Key Advantages

Marbled polecats will adopt a defensive posture when threatened, arching their back and raising their tails

They may also emit a foul-smelling odor from their anal gland which can deter predators

Like other mustelids, they have sharp teeth and claws

Their keen sense of smell allows them to detect prey and avoid predators

Photo by Elias Neideck 

[heartwarminganimals]

Marbled polecat falls into a Ukrainian foxhole and can’t get out.

[kunavi]

Ukrainian military uses their wits to regain the lost positions captured by the wild Marbled polecat.

reddit

For context. There are marbled polecats in our country. But only in the Eastern regions, where the active war is taking place, for years. They're already rare enough (Vulnerable), and "lucky" to live where the war rages, imagine the polecat's stress of explosions and fires... That's very nice of our men to help the creature!

[malibuklaus]

[stanleypolecat]

Character Designs :3

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Phylogenetic weasel tournament

Second place battle - now everyone bested by the least weasel gets another chance

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[moomeecore]

weasels & unfinished landscapes

[melthepup]

💸 Luckiest Man Alive 💸

commission on twitter for @/ItsCASTYS

[winger]

the fursona (he/it)