Caption

Moving around in closed snow cover is difficult for the European polecat (Mustela putorius), snow, winter, cold, frost, snowfall, Denmark

Date

Jan 06, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Schulz Helge

Reference

BRK26A54_365

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

86,1Mb (4,5Mb) / 14,9in x 22,4in / 4480 x 6720 (300dpi)

Keywords

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