Vormela peregusna (Güldenstädt, 1770)

Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, Zootaxa 5580 (1), pp. 1-130 : 81

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8D0A37EA-8D5B-44D9-B2CC-8161D1E4AF54

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15121387

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3874162A-7E08-FF81-FF42-FC38B393172B

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Vormela peregusna (Güldenstädt, 1770)
status

 

76. Marbled Polecat, Vormela peregusna (Güldenstädt, 1770) View in CoL

(IUCN Red List: VU)

Subspecies: V. p. syriaca Pocock, 1936.

Distribution: Common with a wide distribution along the Euphrates Valley, coastal region, Orontes Basin, Sahl Al-Ghab, middle of Al-Badia, around Damascus, and towards the southwestern region ( Fig. 83 View FIGURE 83 ).

Previous records: Damascus ( Pocock 1941), Daraa district ( Peshev & Al Hossein 1989), Tafas, Mesiaf and east of Ghota ( Shehab 2002) Palmyra, Idleb, vicinity of Salamiyah, Deir ez-Zor ( Masseti 2009), Palmyra ( Serra et al. 2009a, b).

Recent records: Haweijat Kate’e, Muhasan, As-Suwar, Al-Khraiteh (2009–2010), Maadan, Al-Misrab, Al-Kishmeh, Al-Haffah, an-Nasriyeh, Al-Qerdaha, Datkhein, Istamo, Ain Albeida, Mueayzilah, Muhasan, Dehbash, Slenfeh, vicinity of Latakia, Al-Qanjara, Al-Mzeiraa, vicinity of Tartous, Jnata, Kasab, Salkhad and Al-Msherfeh (2020– 2023).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Mustelidae

Genus

Vormela

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