21. JungleWalk - Polecat And Ferret Information, Polecat And Ferret Picture Blackfooted Ferret, Nebraska wildlife, Narrative on habitat, description,management and outlook, etc. European polecat, BBC Nature Wildfacts, http://www.junglewalk.com/ZS475000.asp

Search by name (Browser must support frames) This page is meant for use with older browsers which do not support in-line frames. If you have a recent version of a browser which does support frames, you should use the more user-friendly 'frame version' of this site. Carnivores Weasel Family Raccoons Weasels ... Weasel Family Polecats and Ferrets Black-footed Ferret Parker, LuRay, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Counts: Video:6 Audio:10 sites:11 Black-footed Ferret Nebraska Wildlife Narrative on habitat, description, management and outlook, etc. "The ferret was held in special regard by Native Americans, who used its pelts on headdresses and in religious ceremonies". Black-Footed Ferret Black-Footed Ferret Information about the Black-Footed Ferret and its recovery program European polecat BBC Nature: Wildfacts categorized information on diet, behavior, reproduction, conservation status, etc."Domestic ferrets are closely related to polecats and the two species sometimes interbreed". Ferret Ferret Central FAQ' s like "How long do ferrets live? "

22. HCPB-California's Plants And Animals literature review. Mammal Rev., 17(4)155198. Britain A Local BiodiversityAction Plan for the polecat - Cheshire wildlife Trust. http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hcpb/species/nuis_exo/ferret/ferret_issues_6.shtml

California Home DFG Home HCPB Home About HCPB ... Publication Information Habitat Conservation Planning Branch 1416 Ninth St., Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 653-4875 California Department of Fish and Game Habitat Conservation Planning Branch My CA Search DFG CALIFORNIA'S PLANTS AND ANIMALS DOMESTIC FERRET ISSUES IN CALIFORNIA Introduction Table of Content Ferret Bibliography Population Estimates ... Native Carnivores Other Mustelidae Tables SOME OF THE OTHER SMALL MUSTELIDAE OF THE WORLD Species Links For information on any of the following species or other mammals, visit the site at the National Museum of Natural History, Mammal Species of the World, where you may search by the common or scientific name of a species (e.g, stone marten or Martes foina ) or of a group (e.g, weasel or Mustela Least weasel Mustela nivalis photo The weasel in Britain Introduced into New Zealand - New Zealand Department of Conservation Mustela erminea - known as Stoat, Ermine

23. Sh: British Wildlife - This Series Of Picture Cards Is Offered In The Interests British wildlife This series of picture cards is offered in the interests of education 12THE polecat (Putorius putorius) Here we have a picture of a Welsh http://www.whom.co.uk/squelch/british_wildlife.htm

More News Home Luck ... Next British Wildlife - This series of picture cards is offered in the interests of education by Brooke Bond Your everlasting summer - You can see it fading fast 01 THE SHETLAND PONY Here we have a picture of a Shetland pony mare and her foal. In days gone by these tiny horses did nearly all the agricultural work of the crofts - but today they are largely replaced by - and the Shetland pony is quite scarce on its native islands However - there are many to be found in the south - where it is highly esteemed as a children's riding pony. Lucky indeed is the small child who has one of these delightful and docile ponies as his first mount. 02 THE WELSH MOUNTAIN PONY The Welsh mountain pony is a delightful little animal and makes a very good child's mount. It was formerly much used in the pits - but mechanisation has largely done away with the need for ponies in the mines. Welsh ponies vary in colour bays - greys - chestnuts and blacks are all to be met with - and a pretty sight they are when seen on a green hillside or wandering over a gorsy common - the little mares followed by their foals - with a proud stallion leading the party. 03 WILD WHITE OR PARK CATTLE Wild white or park cattle are kept in several places in Great Britain. They are fine white cattle with black or red points and date back to the Middle Ages - when the great noblemen enclosed areas of land for sporting purposes. In these parks were deer - wild boars and wild bulls. Whether the cattle were really wild or gone wild is not certain They may have been the latter. Anyhow' the breed still survives - for example the Chillingham herd in the great park at Chillingham in Northumberland - and the Chartlev Cattle at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire.

24. Sh: African Wildlife - This Series Of Picture Cards Is Offered In The Interest O African wildlife This series of picture cards is offered in the interest of education 17ZORILLA (Zorilla) Another name for this animal is tie Cape polecat. http://www.whom.co.uk/squelch/african_wildlife.htm

More News Home Luck ... Next African Wildlife - This series of picture cards is offered in the interest of education by Brooke Bond Whack fast then whack slow 01 GORILLA (Gorillagorilla) This largest of all the apes lives in the depths of the hot and steamy forests of Equatorial Africa. A fully grown male - when standing erect - may be between six and seven feet high - and his strength is prodigious. Females are smaller. They are vegetarians - and wander about the forest floor in small family groups - feeding during the day. At night the males make a nest of branches often on the ground - while the females and young make platform nests of branches in low trees. On the ground Gorillas progress on all fours. They are shy - and flee from the presence of man - but attack on provocation. 02 MANTLED BABOON (Cynocephalus hamadryas) This dog-familyd monkey - with the cape of long hair - inhabits open country and rocky hills in Abyssinia and the Sudan. It is the baboon represented in the carvings and mural paintings of the ancient Egyptians and was held sacred by them - though there are no baboons in Egypt today. They wander about in troops which are dominated and disciplined by the large males - the very young riding on their mothers' backs like jockeys. They are chiefly vegetarians and do much damage to crops. They are bold in their forays and can be dangerous. Their chief enemy is the leopard. 03 CHIMPANZEE - CHIMPANZEE (Pan troglodytes) An active - noisy intelligent ape which lives in family groups and communities in the forests of Western and Central Equatorial Africa. They feed on fruits - leaves - shoots and roots - and spend much of the day on the forest floor. However - each night new platform nests are built from leafy boughs among the branches - and none spend the night on the ground. Of all the apes and monkeys the skeleton of the Chimpanzee most nearly resembles that of man. Its powers of reasoning are considerable - and it is very teachable.

25. Fisher Fact Sheet In French, the pelt of a polecat is called fiche, ficheux, or fichet They havenot been studied as extensively as many other wildlife species because they http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/wildlife/factshts/fisher.htm

WILDLIFE IN CONNECTICUT INFORMATIONAL SERIES FISHER Martes pennanti Copy righ t © 1997 Habitat: Large tracts of coniferous or mixed hardwood-softwood forests containing large trees for denning. Weight: Males: 8 to10 pounds; females: 4 to 6 pounds. Length: Males: 36 to 40 inches; females: 30 to 36 inches. Diet: Squirrels, rabbits, mice, voles, carrion, fruits, mast (primarily beechnuts), porcupines, birds, and frogs. Identification: Range: Southeastern Alaska to Hudson Bay, through Canada, south into the northern United States. Also, in the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming and the Sierra Nevada in California. Reproduction: In Connecticut, fisher have their young in March and April. The two to four kits are born with closed eyes and are helpless. The few accounts of natal dens indicate that tree cavities are used for birth and the early rearing of young. Only the female cares for the young. The kits develop rapidly and are weaned in four months. Both males and females are sexually mature at one year of age, but females will not bear offspring until age two. History in Connecticut: Interesting Facts: The fisher is a large member of the Mustelidae (weasel) family. Its name is inappropriate since, unlike the closely related river otter, fisher seldom eat fish. The name may have been derived from "fitch," the European polecat, a species familiar to early settlers who may have seen a resemblance or have mistaken the fisher for the polecat. In French, the pelt of a polecat is called "fiche," "ficheux," or "fichet," names which are similar to "fisher." Common names include fisher cat, black cat, and pekan.

26. The Black-footed Ferret - An Endangered Species Siberian polecat fossils have been found in Pleistocene deposits in Alaska. Sylvaticplague is the wildlife version of bubonic plague that devastated the human http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/wildlife/ferret.html

The Black-footed Ferret An endangered species Description Habitat Status The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) has been considered the most endangered mammal in North America for many years. Although it was probably never abundant, historically the ferret occurred throughout the Great Plains in 12 states and two Canadian provinces, from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains east to Nebraska and from southern Canada south to Texas. Ferrets were occasionally listed in fur company records from the upper Missouri River basin in the early to mid-1800s. The ferret was held in special regard by Native Americans, who used its pelts on headdresses and in religious ceremonies. The range of the black-footed ferret coincides closely with that of three species of prairie dogs on which the ferret depends for food and habitat. As the plains were settled and large tracts of prairie were plowed for farmland, prairie dog and ferret habitat was destroyed. Poisoning campaigns eliminated vast acreages of prairie dogs that were competing with livestock for forage. Prairie dogs occupied an estimated 700 million acres in the Great Plains in the late 1800s but occupy only about 1.5 million acres today. The black-footed ferret’s decline probably followed that of the prairie dog. In the 1950s, ferrets were still thought to occur in low densities throughout most of their historic range. In the 1960s, the only known population of black-footed ferrets was a small colony in southwestern South Dakota. That colony was studied from its discovery in 1964 until the last member died in captivity in 1979.

27. Ecology - Skye - Wildlife wildlife. Mammals. Hedgehog. It was introduced feed on. polecat. Thefew sightings on Skye are probably of feral polecat ferrets. NB http://www.bambi.demon.co.uk/skyedata/wildlife.html

Skye Data Atlas GEOGRAPHY ECONOMY SOCIOLOGY ECOLOGY ... HOME WILDLIFE Mammals Hedgehog It was introduced to Skye around 1895 and since then has spread to colonise most parts of the island. They are absent from Raasay. Over recent years, however, sightings in all preferred habitats have decreased. Most recorded mortalities are the result of road deaths and getting trapped in cattle grids. Mole Lord Napier of Magdala introduced moles to Lyndale around the end of the last century. Their further spread from the Edinbane area has been limited by the Snizort river to the east and the moors beyond Greshornish in the west. However, a few have managed south to Caroy, Balmeanach and Struan. Common Shrew Found all over Skye and outlying islands. Most records are of cat kills or of skulls in owl pellets. Pygmy Shrew Appears to be less common than its larger relative but has similar distribution. Water Shrew Only two recent records from Skye which may reflect a genuine scarcity. It has been recorded from Raasay and Pabay. Pipistrelle Bat Wherever there are trees or houses it is commonly seen flying from March to October but occasionally it is reported as late as December before it hibernates for the winter.

28. Polecat Birks,JDS Kitchener,AC.eds (1999) The Distribution and the Status of the PolecatMustela vision in Britain in the 1990s. The Vincent wildlife Trust London. http://www.sbap.org.uk/focal/mammals/polecat.htm

Polecat Mustela putorius Linnaeus, 1758 The polecats most distinctive feature is the mask-like pattern of dark and light facial markings. The larger males weigh about 2kg and are up to 2 feet in length. Polecats occur in many habitat ranges including farmland, conifer plantations, scrub, broadleaved woodland, wetlands and river valleys also at coastal dunes and cliffs. They have a variety of resting places, using underground burrows and holes, under trees, rockpiles and woodstacks. In winter they den in barns farm buildings and outhouses. Polecats are carniverous and will eat pretty much anything they can catch and kill including small mammals, amphibians, fish and invertebrates. They are also known to eat fruit and honey. Polecats also feed on carrion and this may be a reason for high numbers of polecat roadkills. Both sexes become sexually mature a year after their birth, typically one litter per year of 4-6 young born in late May / early June. With the young achieving independace from their mother after three months. 1. Selection Criteria

29. Kilcamb Lodge Hotel Scotland Local Area Wildlife The polecat was carnivorous and its prey included hare, rabbit, small mammals and towhether it should be given protection under the wildlife and Countryside http://www.kilcamblodge.com/area/area-wildlife.htm

THE LOCAL AREA - WILDLIFE The Osprey (Pandion haliaëtus) A magnificent bird with long angular wings, also called Fish-Hawk. Lives near water, fresh or salt, where it may be seen plunging and catching fish with its claws. The nest is made of sticks and is usually on a tree or ledge. The size of the bird is approximately 20-23 inches (51-58cm). The Osprey is a scarce migrant usually to the east coast and breeds in small numbers each year in Scotland. Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) The Red Deer is Britains largest wild animal and is found mainly in the Scottish Highlands. They are not seen in great numbers during the summer months but come winter they make their way down to the lower levels to search for food. The stags coat is reddish brown darkening to grayish brown in winter with lighter underparts and a light rump. A stag with twelve tines to his antlers is known as a 'Royal'. The Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaëtos) This great bird, with it's magnificent flight, is seldom seen except in Northern Scotland, where it still breeds. The plumage is dark brown with golden-brown on the head and nape. The feathers on the legs distinguish it from the Sea-eagle. It's habitat is mountains, crags and wooded highlands. It's prey includes rabbits, hares, rats, grouse,small lambs and carrion.

30. People's Trust For Endangered Species: Essex Badger Watch British wildlife. Location Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Places 20, Cost£15. Following an introductory talk at 9.30am, you will meet a semitame polecat http://www.ptes.org/watching/uk2002/49_return_of_polecat.htm

Working to Preserve Wildlife for the Future Contact Us About Us Projects BAPs ... Links (49) Return of the Polecat Thursday 25 July 2002 Centuries of persecution led to the near extinction of the polecat in Britain. This mischievous, masked relative of the domestic ferret was ruthlessly trapped until only small numbers survived in Wales. However, the species has made a remarkable comeback and slowly spread into England, as far east as Oxfordshire. About 10 years ago in Hertfordshire, this comeback was anticipated with the release of captive-bred polecats, which has produced a thriving population. The Commons Nature Reserve, Hertfordshire, regularly monitors its polecat numbers by checking for signs and live-trapping. Our leaders will be Keith Seaman and Peter Oakenfull who are ecological consultants with extensive experience of working with British wildlife. Location: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire

31. People's Trust For Endangered Species: British Wildlife Centre polecat, otter and pine marten! The Centre exists to highlight the need to conserveendangered species by stimulating an interest in our native wildlife. http://www.ptes.org/watching/uk2001/16 British Wildlife Centre.htm

Working to Preserve Wildlife for the Future Contact Us About Us Projects BAPs ... Event Notes Wildlife Watching: British Wildlife Centre Saturday 12 May 2001 We have arranged a private visit to the British Wildlife Centre, in Surrey, which is home to one of the finest collections of British wildlife in this country. The animals are seen in natural settings, arranged to represent habitats ranging through farmyard to woodland and riverbank. The Centre has over 30 different species of mammal, including polecat, otter and pine marten! The Centre exists to highlight the need to conserve endangered species by stimulating an interest in our native wildlife. Our visit starts with a talk about the history and origins of British mammals. The guided tour then starts indoors with the small mammals, including red squirrels, harvest mice and edible dormice, and continues outside to see the larger ones, including badgers, foxes, wild cats and deer. In a zoo, one often only sees the animals asleep in a corner, but our guide will be feeding and communicating with the animals during the tour so that we should see normally shy and elusive mammals active and at close range. Our visit will end with a cream tea and the chance to buy a souvenir.

32. The Weirfield Wildlife Hospital - Our Animals A polecat. A polecat. A rare Goldcrest. A rare Goldcrest. http://www.weirfield.co.uk/ouranimals.htm

LINKS TO OUR PAGES THE MAIN PAGE THE HOSPITAL OUR ANIMALS PROJECTS ... THE SHOP (Please click on a thumbnail for a larger picture ...) New arrivals: This young fox cub was brought into us from Hull. This young fox cub was brought into us from Hull. A Pheasent A young Tawny Owl. We now have 14 young ducklings in. One of the young ducklings. A Great Crested Greebe A Great Crested Greebe Old/Current patients: This Badger was brought into us after a R.T.A., despite being unconcious, it gave birth in the morning!!! This Badger was brought into us after a R.T.A., despite being unconcious, it gave birth in the morning!!! This Badger was brought into us after a R.T.A., despite being unconcious, it gave birth in the morning!!! A pair of Black Throated Divers. A Black Throated Diver. A Tawny Owl being examined. A Little Auk. A coot. A coot. Great Spotted Woodpecker. Great Spotted Woodpecker. A pair of Woodcocks. A Woodcock.

33. The Weirfield Wildlife Hospital You can now download our Membership form and our three wildlife factsheets, thesecan New photos have been added of a recent new arrival, a polecat, these can http://www.weirfield.co.uk/indexa.htm

LINKS TO OUR PAGES THE MAIN PAGE THE HOSPITAL OUR ANIMALS PROJECTS ... THE SHOP Welcome to the Weirfield Wildlife Hospital's Web Site - Caring for Lincolnshire's Wildlife Registered Charity No.1079554 In this site we aim to show you the work we intail from the different types of animals we get, to the general maintenance and projects undertaken to stories and membership. Please use the flying Humming Bird at the bottom of each page to return to this page. We would also be grateful of you comments in our guestbook. This Hospital is run by dedicated staff and is dependent upon funds from the public and is a member of the British Wildlife Rehabilitation Council. This site went on-line on Friday 22nd September 2000 and is best viewed in 1024 x 768 or greater. It looks like the busy period is now coming, we have had various young animals in now, all can be seen on the ' Our animals ' page.

34. Coal Creek Wildlife-Black-footed Ferret The European polecat and the steppe polecat are the blackfooted ferret's closest Igot my information from wildlife IN DANGER published by the Colorado http://www.bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/coalcreek/wildlife/ferret.html

Masked Bandit of the Prairies by Michael, age 8 A black-foot ed ferret scurries across prairie dog colonies like a masked bandit, waiting for his prairie dog feast. Then he will take over the prairie dog's home, and use it for his home. Black-footed ferrets eat prairie dogs, mice, squirrels, gophers, rabbits, birds, lizards, eggs and sometimes insects. The European polecat and the steppe polecat are the black-footed ferret's closest relatives. The black-footed ferret is about 2 feet long. It has a black mask over its eyes, feet, shoulders and tail. Black-footed ferrets live all over the world except for Australia, Antarctica and most of the ocean islands. Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered species in the U.S.A. So please help save them. I got my information from BLACK-FOOTED FERRET by Denise Casey. Black-footed Ferret by Colby, age 9 Imagine going to the zoo and seeing something that is very thin and is about 24 inches long, it may be a ferret. Does it have black markings on its legs? Can you see a black mask over its eyes? If so, it probably is a black-footed ferret. An amazing fact about the black-footed ferret is that its one of the rarest mammals in North America. The ferret belongs to the weasel family. It is also related to ermine, martens, skunks and otters. They have a black mask over their eyes, black markings on their legs and a black tip on their tails. Males are usually larger than females. The only thing it eats are prairie dogs. It tracks its prey with its powerful sense of smell, then it pounces on its prey, gripping it with its feet. Its razor sharp teeth are great for cutting the meat. A ferret has one litter per year. The babies are born about 1 1/2 months after mating, usually 3-4 young in a litter.

35. Polecats Are On Their Way Back The VWT polecat Report (152 pages) is available from The Vincent wildlife Trust,10 Lovat Lane, London EC3R 8DN, price £8.00 to include post and packaging. http://www.wbrc.org.uk/WorcRecd/Issue7/polecat.htm

Polecats Are On Their Way Back Johnny Birks of The Vincent Wildlife Trust The polecat, the mammalogists' spiritual equivalent of the quintessentially Welsh Red Kite, is recovering well in Britain. That is one conclusion from a major study recently published by The Vincent Wildlife Trust (VWT). The report, The Distribution and Status of the Polecat Mustela putorius in Britain in the 1990s, by Johnny Birks and Andrew Kitchener, includes a review of previous distribution surveys, the findings of a new survey, development of a method to monitor variations in abundance based on live-trapping by volunteers, a summary of the relationship between polecats and ferrets, and a description of a study of polecat ecology on lowland farmland in England (part of which was carried out in Worcestershire). The VWT distribution survey produced over one thousand records from the 1990s, 68% of which were road casualties. Many of these were collected by naturalists (thanks to all who helped in Worcestershire) for us to confirm their identity as either true polecats or ferret hybrids. Records of true polecats came from 228 'new' 10-km squares (several of which were in Worcestershire), confirming continuation of the encouraging recovery after near-extinction at the beginning of this century. Worcestershire is now completely repopulated by true polecats (a process which probably began in the far west of the county in the 1960s), although feral ferrets and hybrids will always occur from time to time as a result of ferrety escapes or releases.

36. The Czech Wildlife Protection Association installation of special nest boxes in farm buildings which prevent access to thenest by predators such as the polecat;; The wildlife Rescue Centre in Votice. http://www.ochranafauny.cz/english_4.html

THE CZECH WILDLIFE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION Did they survive the year 2000? Campaign leaflet Who are we? A profile of the Czech Nature Protection Association A selection of the projects of the CNPA Czech version A selection of the projects of the CNPA Project Tyto alba Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Status: Seriously endangered species. Up until recently a common species nesting in man-made buildings, especially churches, barns and other storage areas. With the introduction of agricultural chemicals used to kill small rodents, the barn owl has become one of our rarest owls. Another practice that has had a negative impact on barn owl populations is the blocking of entry points to church buildings in an attempt to deter pigeons from nesting in them. This prevents any species from making a nest site of such places, and has led to the loss of many traditionally safe nesting places used by the barn owl. The majority of barl owl pairs now nest in farm buildings. Unfortunately, due to the activity of man in the vicinity of nests and the predatory presence of the polecat, a common inhabitant of such buildings, regular losses of young birds occur. Practical measures taken to protect this species: The opening of church towers to allow the return of barn owls to known and safe nest-sites;

37. Polecats Rather than waste the polecat corpses, the Shetland Crofting and wildlife Advisorygroup has been sending them to the museum in Chambers Street, Edinburgh http://www.wessexferretclub.co.uk/Polecats.htm

INFORMATION CLUB MEETINGS CLUB SHOWS POLECATS ... ALEUTIAN DISEASE SOME LINKS TO FERRETS IN THE WILD POLECATS IN CHESHIRE POLECATS ARE COMING BACK www.wwf-uk.org/carnivores Polecats in Derbyshire ... http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hcpb/species/nuis_exo/ferret/ferret_issues_2.shtml THE HAPPY POLECAT STORY From the BBC. Polecats make a stealthy comeback from its Welsh retreat: The polecat reappears in Cheshire. By Environment Correspondent Alex Kirby One of the UK's rarest mammals, the polecat, is beginning to re-establish itself in parts of northern England. The species used to be widespread throughout Britain, but its numbers dropped sharply at the end of the 19th Century because of hunting and trapping. It completely disappeared from Scotland and most of England. But it retained a toehold in west Wales, around Aberystwyth. And now conservationists say the polecat is beginning to cross from Wales into England to re-establish itself in a few secluded spots. Over the last 10 years or so, isolated animals have been occasionally seen in Cheshire. Now the Cheshire Wildlife Trust says it has evidence of several polecats in the county. They are living in woodland at Little Budworth, near Tarporley, and in the Delamere Forest, not far from Northwich. The trust's polecat specialist, Becky Palmer, said: "We have been monitoring the slow return of the polecat in the area, and are keen to safeguard its recovery. It's vital that anyone who spots a polecat gets in

38. A American Society Of International Law - Wildlife Interest Group biodiversity and wildlife, international financial institutions, trade and the environment,and policy analysis and capacity building. (webmaster@polecat.law http://www.ceeraindia.org/cgi-bin/ceera_in1.pl?filename=links.pl

39. The National Ferret Welfare Society Site - Polecats Are Coming Back! The VWT polecat Report is available from The Vincent wildlife Trust, 10 LovatLane, London EC3R 8DN, price £6.00 to include post and packaging. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ferreter/polecats.htm

Articles, stories etc. from NFWS Newsletters Polecats Are Coming Back! Dr Johnny Birks This is the overwhelming conclusion of a report published recently by The Vincent Wildlife Trust entitled The Distribution and Status of the Polecat Mustela putorius in Britain in the 1990s, by Johnny Birks and Andrew Kitchener. Covering many aspects of the ecology and conservation of wild polecats in Britain today, the report includes a review of previous distribution surveys, the findings of a new survey, development of a method to monitor variations in polecat abundance based on live-trapping by volunteers, and a description of polecat ecology on lowland farmland in England. There is much to interest the ferret-keeper in the report, including a whole chapter devoted to studies of the genetic and ecological relationships between polecats and ferrets in Britain. The 1990s polecat distribution survey involved collection of hundreds of polecat corpses, mostly recovered as road casualties. These were processed by the National Museums of Scotland where, among many valuable studies, work on the polecat/ferret relationship was carried out. Skins were scored and skulls measured from polecats and ferrets from many parts of Britain, and compared with those from 'pure' Welsh animals to determine where else true polecats still survived. Despite increasing evidence of hybridisation with ferrets as one moved east through the polecat's range, true Welsh-type animals were found throughout Wales, in the English Midlands, and in populations derived from reintroductions. True polecats are now re-established in the Midlands by natural spread at least as far east as a line through Macclesfield, Northampton and Oxford, and through reintroductions to Argyll, Cumbria, the Chilterns and parts of Hampshire and Wiltshire in central southern England.

40. British Wildlife Multichoice Quiz wildlife QUIZ Multiple Choice Version. Answer Sheet. Q1. c) a Badger. Q2.b) a Lizard. The Slowworm is a Legless Lizard. Q3. d) a polecat. Q4. http://www.angelfire.com/ny/jwbrown/quizm.html

Back WILDLIFE QUIZ - Multiple Choice Version Question Sheet This quiz is about the Animals found wild in the British Isles. Q1. Which animal is also known as a Brock? a) a Woodpecker, b) a Fox, c) a Badger, or d) a Stoat? Q2. What type of animal is a Slowworm? a) an Insect, b) a Lizard, c) a Snake, or d) a Worm? Q3. Which animal has the old country name of Foul Martin? a) a Hedgehog, b) a Fox, c) a Rabbit, or d) a Polecat? Q4. How many types of Snake are native to the British Isles? Q5. Which animal is also known as a Yaffle? a) a Fox, b) a Woodpecker, c) a Hare, or d) a Hedgehog? Q6. Which group of Animals does the Large White aka Cabbage White belong to? a) the Butterflies, b) the Lizards, c) the Snakes, or d) the Worms? Q7. How many types of native British Lizard are there? Q8. In The Wind in the Willows is a creature called Ratty. What type of animal was Ratty based upon? a) a Water Vole, b) a Shrew, c) a Water Rat, or d) an Otter? Q9. The six Deer listed below are all found wild in the British Isles, name the two which are native.

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