Caption

European polecat (Mustela putorius) male mating with female and biting her in the neck in grassland

Date

Sep 11, 2023

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/alimdi/Arterra/Philippe Clément

Reference

BRK24F99_454

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,5Mb (3,1Mb) / 14,2in x 9,5in / 4252 x 2835 (300dpi)

Keywords

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