Weasel

Weasels are the genus Mustela, part of the Mustelidae family. The genus includes the weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets and minks.

Weasel
Least weasel (Mustela nivalis)
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Pan-Carnivora
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	Mustelinae
Genus:	Mustela Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Mustela erminea Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Mustela africana Mustela altaica Mustela erminea Mustela eversmannii Mustela felipei Mustela frenata Mustela itatsi Mustela kathiah Mustela lutreola Mustela lutreolina Mustela nigripes Mustela nivalis Mustela nudipes Mustela putorius Mustela sibirica Mustela strigidorsa Mustela subpalmata
Mustela range

North American Long-tailed Weasel

Weasels are small, active predators, long and slender with short legs. Their body shape is adapted to going down burrows after prey such as rabbits. There are 17 species, and they live all over the world except for Antarctica and Australasia.

Weasels vary in length from 173 to 217 mm (6.8 to 8.5 in). They have red or brown upper coats, white underneath. Their tails may be from 34 to 52 mm (1.3 to 2.0 in) long.

Biologically, despite looking a bit like cats, they are actually more related to dogs.

Weasel Media

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  Mountain Weasel (Mustela altaica)

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  Armiño erguido con capa estival.

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  This fellow raided the bacon fat in a bird feeder, then went into hiding under the BBO building.

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  Haida ermine (Mustela haidarum) in winter coat

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  Wild steppe polecat at the Stepnoi Sanctuary, Astrakhan oblast, Russia

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  An image of a pet ferret.

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  Polecats (Mustela putorius) at Skandinavisk Dyrepark, Djursland, Denmark

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  Mustela itatsi (Japanese weasel) on tree in Japan.

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  Siberian Weasel Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim India 14.05.2016

Other websites

• Weasel riding on woodpecker. [1]