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Record 1 2017-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
Ictonyx striatus
Latin
DEF

a small, striped, black and white, weasellike mammal (Ictonyx striatus) of the drier parts of Africa, closely resembling the skunk in its appearance and fetid odor.

OBS

for "zorilla" : "Zorilla" is also the name of the genus to which zorilles belong.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Ictonyx striatus
Latin
DEF

Mammifère carnassier mustélidé, propre à l'Afrique. (Les zorilles, ou mouffettes africaines, intermédiaires entre les ratels et les vraies mouffettes, sont de taille médiocre, à queue touffue. Ce sont des animaux à forte odeur et qui projettent à distance le contenu de leurs glandes anales).

Key term(s)
  • Ictonyx striata

Spanish

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