title

Records of the steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanni Lesson, 1827) in Ukraine: review of zoological collections

author(s)

Filipenko, S.

affiliation

Taras Shevchenko Luhansk National University (Luhansk, Ukraine)
Ivan Franko Lviv National University (Lviv, Ukraine)

bibliography

Proceedings of the Theriological School. 2014. Vol. 12: 102–107.

DOI

language

Ukrainian, with English summary, titles of tables, captures to figs

abstract

Data on the availability of Mustela eversmanni specimensin the collections of zoological museums of Ukraine are presented. Collection catalogues of 8 zoological museums of Ukraine have been analyzed. On the overall, zoological museum collections included 182 samples of the steppe polecat. 165 samples were collected in Ukraine. Most specimens of Mustela eversmanni were collected in the steppe zone of Ukraine, and 108 polecat specimens (65 % of specimens witch in the territory of Ukraine) were collected in 1950–1959. Most specimens of the steppe polecat, namely 100 samples, were collected in Luhansk region (Striltsivskyi steppe). Heorhii Modin was the most productive collector: he collected 86 samples of the steppe polecat.

keywords

Mustela eversmanni,zoological collections, distribution, Ukraine.

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