Marbled Polecats in Iraq

A new article published on the group’s journal, Small Carnivore Conservation, detailing some recent records of Marbled Polecat from Iraq.

Abstract

The Marbled Polecat Vormela peregusna is one of Iraq’s rarest mustelids; it is confined to the steppes, arid plains and sparsely vegetated foothills of the northern parts of the country. A few specimens were collected around the vicinity of Mosul in the 1950s; its current status and distribution is mostly unknown. This note describes two new records, obtained in northern Iraq in 2021.

https://smallcarnivoreconservation.com/index.php/sccg/article/view/3838/3547