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thumb|European polecat
Polecat is a common name for several cat-like mustelid species in the subfamilies Ictonychinae and Mustelinae. Polecats do not form a single taxonomic rank (i.e. clade). The name is applied to several species with broad similarities to European polecats, such as having a dark mask-like marking across the face.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “polecat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.