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European polecat

Mustela putorius

Order: Carnivora

Family: Mustelidae

Datasheet

Sex: male

Age: adult

Skull length: 6.84 cm

Skull width: 4.4 cm

Skull height: 2.9 cm

Skull weight: 17.2 g

Owner: Hungarian Natural History Museum

Inventory number: 60.3.1.

Collecting date: 21 November 1959

Collecting area: Monor, Hungary

Uploaded: 21 July 2018

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European polecat (Mustela putorius) skull

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