Cristina Florentina Pelcaru‡§, Alexandru Alistar|Corresponding author: Cristina Florentina Pelcaru ( cristina.pelcaru@drd.unibuc.ro ) Academic editor: Gabriel Chișamera © Cristina Florentina Pelcaru, Alexandru Alistar. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Pelcaru CF, Alistar A (2021) Confirmation of the presence of steppe polecat Mustela eversmanii (Carnivora: Mustelidae) in Giurgiu County (Romania) after more than 5 decades. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 64(2): 109-113. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.64.e65524 |  |
This paper confirms the presence of steppe polecat Mustela eversmanii in Giurgiu County after more than 50 years. Mustela eversmanii is considered a vulnerable species, being listed in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive. The specimen was found within the Site of Community Importance - ROSCI0043 Comana, included in the Natura 2000 network, which significantly overlaps with the protected natural area (Comana Natural Park). Currently, the steppe polecat is not added to the list of the Standard Form, because its presence was uncertain. We consider that this discovery is valuable and has important implications for the conservation of the species.