A review of the status of the Western polecat Mustela putorius: a neglected and declining species?
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Elizabeth Croose
, J.W. Duckworth
Abstract
The Western polecat Mustela putorius has a widespread European distribution and is currently listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Reports are increasing of polecat population declines in several countries, although a paucity of data means population trends are poorly understood. This paper reviews and summarises information on the polecat’s status and range-wide population trends. Information and opinion were gathered for 34 countries, from individuals and organisations studying polecats and from reviewing the literature and national Red Lists. Where trends were identified, the polecat population is known or suspected to be declining in 20 countries, reported to be stable in five countries, stable or increasing in one country, and increasing in two countries. For many countries, data are so limited in quantity or spatial scale, or at risk of bias, that trends could not be identified or confidence in trend assessments is low. The main drivers of polecat decline are poorly understood, but might include habitat degradation; changes in prey availability; competition with invasive carnivores; poisoning; conflict with human interests; harvesting and killing of polecats; and hybridisation. Robust survey methods and systematic monitoring programmes are urgently needed to gather up-to-date data on polecat population trends across the species’ range.
Acknowledgements
We are very grateful to everyone who supplied information on polecats and population trends; A. Kranz (Alka-Kranz Ingenieurbüro für Wildökologie and Naturschutz), M. Guinot-Ghestem (Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage), A. Savouré-Soubelet (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle), A. Weber (Büro Wildforschung und Artenschutz), A. Schreiber, H. Ansorge (Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Goerlitz), P. Dollinger (Zoo Office Bern), V. Sidorovich (Centre for Biological Resources NAS of Belarus), A. Sándor (University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca), J. Ozolins (Latvijas Valsts mežzinātnes institūts “Silava”), M. Pavanello (Therion Research Group), I. Zuberogoitia (Estudios Medioambientales Icarus), E. Virgόs (King Juan Carlos University), J. Herrero (University of Zaragoza), T. Maran (Estonian University of Life Sciences), T. Hofmeester (Dutch Small Mustelid Foundation), A. Volokh (Tavricheskiy State Agrotechnological University), R. Melisch (TRAFFIC), A. Zalewski (Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences), H-H. Krüger (Aktion Fischotterschutz, Otter-Zentrum), A. Kitchener (National Museum of Scotland), W. Outhwaite (TRAFFIC), K. Kecse-Nagy (TRAFFIC), V. Sacré (TRAFFIC), Y. Xiao (TRAFFIC), T. Oldfield (TRAFFIC), A. Vaisman (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation, Controlling Centre for Game Animals and their Habitats), N. Dronova (WWF Russia), P. Haffner (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle), C. Arthur (Société Française pour l’Etude et la Protection des Mammifères, S.F.E.P.M.), P. Rigaux (Société Française pour l’Etude et la Protection des Mammifères, S.F.E.P.M.), A. Abramov (Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences), H. Thurfjell (Swedish Species Information Centre), S. Gippoliti (Società Italiana di Storia della Fauna ‘G. Altobello’), L. Schley (Administration de la nature et des forêts, Luxembourg), B. Krystufek (Slovenian Museum of Natural History), D. Vrček (Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for Nature Conservation), H. Henttonen (Natural Resources Institute Finland) and P. Georgiakakis (Natural History Museum of Crete). We thank Helen Kidwell for producing the map figure and Johnny Birks, Steve Carter and Henry Schofield for helpful comments on the manuscript. We are also grateful to three reviewers, whose comments greatly improved the manuscript.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Obituary
- In memoriam Jamshid Darvish
- Museology/history of sciences
- On the shoulders of giants: Reginald Innes Pocock and integrative mammal research in museums and zoos
- Ecology
- Space use and movement of jaguar (Panthera onca) in western Paraguay
- A review of the status of the Western polecat Mustela putorius: a neglected and declining species?
- Diversity of primates and other mammals in the middle Purus basin in the Brazilian Amazon
- Rapid expansion of the American mink poses a serious threat to the European mink in Spain
- New reports of the presence and ecology of the Sumatran striped rabbit (Nesolagus netscheri) in South Sumatra
- Reproduction of the golden jackal (Canis aureus) outside current resident breeding populations in Europe: evidence from the Czech Republic
- Dung-pile use by guanacos in eastern Patagonia
- Conservation
- Stable isotope analysis as a minimal-invasive method for dietary studies on the highly endangered Common hamster (Cricetus cricetus)
- New localities, an update on the conservation status and ethnographic notes for the dingiso tree kangaroo, Dendrolagus mbaiso Flannery, Boeadi et Szalay (Diprotodontia: Macropodidae)
- Biogeography
- First record of the Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus (Pteropodidae), from Kastellorizo island, Greece
- Recent records of dhole (Cuon alpinus, Pallas 1811) in Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya, India
- Evolutionary biology
- First records of hypopigmentation disorders in the Peters’ ghost-faced bat Mormoops megalophylla (Chiroptera, Mormoopidae)
- Historical record of Holochilus vulpinus (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from northern Patagonia, Argentina
- Taxonomy/phylogeny
- On the identity of Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758
- Annual reviewer acknowledgement
- Reviewer acknowledgement Mammalia volume 82 (2018)
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Obituary
- In memoriam Jamshid Darvish
- Museology/history of sciences
- On the shoulders of giants: Reginald Innes Pocock and integrative mammal research in museums and zoos
- Ecology
- Space use and movement of jaguar (Panthera onca) in western Paraguay
- A review of the status of the Western polecat Mustela putorius: a neglected and declining species?
- Diversity of primates and other mammals in the middle Purus basin in the Brazilian Amazon
- Rapid expansion of the American mink poses a serious threat to the European mink in Spain
- New reports of the presence and ecology of the Sumatran striped rabbit (Nesolagus netscheri) in South Sumatra
- Reproduction of the golden jackal (Canis aureus) outside current resident breeding populations in Europe: evidence from the Czech Republic
- Dung-pile use by guanacos in eastern Patagonia
- Conservation
- Stable isotope analysis as a minimal-invasive method for dietary studies on the highly endangered Common hamster (Cricetus cricetus)
- New localities, an update on the conservation status and ethnographic notes for the dingiso tree kangaroo, Dendrolagus mbaiso Flannery, Boeadi et Szalay (Diprotodontia: Macropodidae)
- Biogeography
- First record of the Egyptian fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus (Pteropodidae), from Kastellorizo island, Greece
- Recent records of dhole (Cuon alpinus, Pallas 1811) in Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya, India
- Evolutionary biology
- First records of hypopigmentation disorders in the Peters’ ghost-faced bat Mormoops megalophylla (Chiroptera, Mormoopidae)
- Historical record of Holochilus vulpinus (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from northern Patagonia, Argentina
- Taxonomy/phylogeny
- On the identity of Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758
- Annual reviewer acknowledgement
- Reviewer acknowledgement Mammalia volume 82 (2018)