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Scottish polecats (Mustela putorius caledoniae) are an extinct subspecies of European polecat.

Extinction, last sightings, and claimed post-extinction records

A Scottish polecat family


Polecat populations decreased in the 20th century because of persecution. Despite being extinct in other parts of Scotland, by 1881 Scottish polecat populations managed to survive in the far north, above the Moray Firth. The last Scottish polecat sighting comes from 1912 in the small town of Lairg, Sutherland.

References

  1. Landscape, Coigach & Assynt Living (2013-12-03). "on the trail of the polecat". Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  2. Harvie-Brown, John Alexander. "The past and present distribution of some of the rarer animals in Scotland". The Zoologist. 3rd series. 5: 161–171.
  3. Ritchie, James (1920). The influence of man on animal life in Scotland; study in faunal evolution. Cambridge University Press. p. 164. ISBN 9781107512030. OCLC 551304989.