Polecat
Polecat is the common name for mammals in the order Carnivora and subfamily Mustelinae. Polecats do not form a single taxonomic rank; the name is applied to several species broadly similar to European polecats, the only species native to the British Isles.
In the United States, the term polecat is sometimes applied to the black-footed ferret, a native member of the Mustelinae, and loosely to skunks, which are only distantly related.
Despite the name, polecats are more closely related to dogs than cats, since they belong to the suborder of Caniformiae.
Taxonomy
According to the taxonomic theory proposing two subfamilies within Mustelidae, the polecats are classified as:
Subfamily Mustelinae
- Striped polecat, I. striatus, (native to Central, Southern, and sub-Saharan Africa)
- Saharan striped polecat, I. libycus (Sahara)
- Steppe polecat, M. eversmannii (Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia)
- American polecat (Black-footed ferret) M. nigripes (Southwest United States)
- European polecat, M. putorius (Western Eurasia and North Africa)
Polecat (band)
Polecat was an early band of singer-guitarist Ted Stevens of Omaha, Nebraska. He later went on to form Lullaby For The Working Class who recorded for Bar/None Records and Saddle Creek Records. He is currently a guitarist in Saddle Creek's Cursive and Mayday. Polecat's first Ghostmeat release was the song "1979" on the Apollo's Salvage compilation released in 1995. Later that year, Ghostmeat and Lumberjack Records (which later became Saddle Creek) collaborated to release a Sunbrain & Polecat split 7".
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Polecat (disambiguation)
Polecat (Mustelinae) is a carnivorous mammal related to the weasel. Its domesticated variety is referred to as ferret.
Polecat may also refer to:
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Polecat
ALBUMS
- Dilly Dally released:
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by Ray Wylie Hubbard
Polecat
by: Ray Wylie HubbardMy baby took a polecat, swung it around her head
Threw it off in the wood said “I smell like you now, so
let's go to bed
My baby took a polecat she swung it around her head
She threw it off in the woods she said “I smell like you
now so let's go to bed
She said I don't want no champagne, I don't want no gin
That thing that you do, I want you to do that again
She said “I don't want no champagne” she said “I don't
want no gin
That thing that you do, I want you to do that again”
After I done what she wanted
She rolled a cigarette with one han
dShe struck a match on my bottom
And said “Now don't run off I might want to do this
again”
After I done what she wanted, she rolled a cigarette
She struck a match on my bottom
And said “Now don't run off I might want to do this
again”
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