Saharan Striped Polecat

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Saharan Striped Polecat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Ictonyx
Species: I. libyca
Binomial name
Ictonyx libyca
(Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)

The Saharan Striped Polecat or Saharan Striped Weasel (Ictonyx libyca) is a species of mammal in the Mustelidae family. It is found in Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.

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