Caption

The European polecat (Mustela putorius) likes to hunt along the banks of bodies of water or in dense vegetation, it tries to avoid open snowy areas, snow, winter, cold, frost, snowfall, Denmark

Date

Jan 06, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Schulz Helge

Reference

BRK26A54_367

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

128,1Mb (5,2Mb) / 27,3in x 18,2in / 8192 x 5464 (300dpi)

Keywords

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