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FitchRelated Category: Vertebrate Zoology see polecat. More on FitchPolecat - carnivorous mammal of the weasel family. The name refers especially to the common Old World polecat, Mustela putorius, found in wooded areas of N Eurasia and N Africa.
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Fitch, H.S. 1999. A Kansas snake community: composition and changes over 50 years. Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar, Florida, USA. 165 pp. Gibbons, J.W. and R.D. Semlitsch.
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Fitch.-Size 12 X3 in., of the marten species, also known as the pole cat. Yellow underwool a in. deep, black top hair, 11 to 14 in. long, very fine and open in growth, and not close as in martens. Largest skins come from Denmark, Holland and Germany.
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Fitch 1967. Seasonal movements and population fluctuations of the cave bat (Myotis velifer) in south central Kansas. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci., 70:210-218. Dyche, L. L. 1890. Notes on three species of gophers found at Lawrence, Kansas. Trans.
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Fitch, D. H., Bailey, W., Czelusniak, J., Koop, B. F., Benson, P. & Slightom, J. L. (1990). "Primate evolution at the DNA level and a classification of hominoids". Journal of Molecular Evolution 30 (3): 260-266. doi:10.1007/BF02099995.
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Fitch et al. 1946, Craighead and Craighead 1956, Orians and Kuhlman 1956, Luttich et al. 1970, Luttich et al. 1971, Gates 1972, Johnson 1975, Mader 1978, Petersen 1979, Kirkley and Springer 1980, Stout et al. 1998, Stout et al. 2006) and wintering ...
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The European Polecat (Mustela putorius), also known as a fitch, foumart, or foulmart, is a member of the Mustelidae family, and is related to the stoats, otters, weasels and minks.
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The polecat was also trapped for its fur, known as ' fitch', which was widely used in the early nineteenth century. Records show that a total of 400 polecat pelts was sold at the old Fur Fair in Dumfries, Scotland, in 1829, and 600 in 1831.
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Priacanthus fitchi Starnes, 1988. Moontail bullseye, Priacanthus hamrur Forsskål, 1775. Red bigeye, Priacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, 1829. Hawaiian bigeye, Priacanthus meeki Jenkins, 1903. Priacanthus nasca Starnes, 1988.
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The Giant Garter Snake was first reported by Fitch, 1940. It is a scaled reptile, and it sheds its skin. In general, species from the squamata order are incredibly diverse. Small lizards from 1.2 cm long, to snakes reaching 10 metres in length!.
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Fitch says it is very doubtful whether I ever get any return from him. I am in hopes Dr. Holbrook will send me his "Herpetology" if he don't forget it. And perhaps the receipt of the specimens would remind him of his promise.
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The habitat in which it is found also supports a number of other cacti species, such as Lindheimer prickly-pear, twisted-rib cactus, horsecrippler, tasajillo, nipple cactus, Runyon's coryphantha, glory of Texas, and Fitch's hedgehog cactus.
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In the Midwest, prefers old fields and grassland prairies, but also inhabits open woodlands and patches of savanna or rocky terrain in the midst of forested country (Anderson 1965, Fitch 1979).
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See also: Snake, Reptile, Lizard, Polecat, Genet
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