57 days ago · Nature · hide · Fediverse post

Looking rather like a tiny carnivore dressed for a masquerade ball, the marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna, is a rare member of the weasel family, Mustelidae. Its extraordinary coat is patterned in cream, yellow, brown and black, complete with a dark facial mask and white-edged ears. Beneath all that finery is a fierce little predator equipped with long digging claws—and scent glands

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