Mustela nivalis

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Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,037 meters (0 to 9,964 feet).[1]

Biome: Terrestrial

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Oct-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Mustela

There are approximately 187 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

M. (Putorius) putorius · M. africana (Tropical Weasel) · M. africana africana · M. africana stolzmanni · M. allegheniensis · M. altaica (Mountain Weasel) · M. altaica raddei · M. altaica temon · M. americana · M. americanus · M. arizonensis · M. aureoventris · M. barbara · M. brasiliensis · M. buwaldi · M. canadensis · M. canigula · M. cicognanii · M. cicognanii cicognanii · M. erminea (Short-Tailed Weasel) · M. erminea aestiva · M. erminea alascensis · M. erminea anguinae (Vancouver Island Ermine) · M. erminea arctica · M. erminea bangsi · M. erminea celenda (Prince of Wales Island Ermine) · M. erminea cicognanii · M. erminea cicognanni · M. erminea cocognanii · M. erminea erminea (Short-Tailed Weasel) · M. erminea fallenda · M. erminea ferghanae · M. erminea gulosa · M. erminea haidarum (Queen Charlotte Islands Ermine) · M. erminea hibernica · M. erminea initis · M. erminea invicta · M. erminea kadiacensis (Kodiak Island Ermine) · M. erminea minima · M. erminea muricus · M. erminea nippon · M. erminea olympica · M. erminea polaris · M. erminea richardsonii · M. erminea salva · M. erminea seclusa (Suemez Island Ermine) · M. erminea semplei · M. erminea stabilis · M. erminea streatori · M. erminea transbaikalica · M. erminia cicognanii · M. eversmanii · M. eversmanii hungarica · M. eversmanni · M. eversmannii (Steppe Polecat) · M. eversmannii amurensis · M. eversmanni pallidus · M. felipei (Colombian Weasel) · M. felipeide la (Colombian Weasel) · M. foina · M. frenata (Long-Tailed Weasel) · M. frenata agilis · M. frenata alleni · M. frenata altifrontalis (Washington Long-Tailed Weasel) · M. frenata arthuri · M. frenata boliviensis · M. frenata costaricensis · M. frenata effera · M. frenata frenata (Long-Tailed Weasel) · M. frenata goldmani · M. frenata inyoensis · M. frenata latirostra · M. frenata latriostra (Long-Tailed Weasel) · M. frenata leucoparia · M. frenata longicauda (Prairie Long-Tailed Weasel) · M. frenata longicuda · M. frenata macrophonius · M. frenata munda · M. frenata neomexicana · M. frenata neomexicanus · M. frenata nevadensis · M. frenata nicaraguae · M. frenata nigriauris · M. frenata novaboracensis · M. frenata noveboracensis · M. frenata occisor · M. frenata olivacea (Southeastern Weasel) · M. frenata oregonensis · M. frenata oribasus · M. frenata panamensis · M. frenata peninsulae (Long-Tailed Florida Weasel) · M. frenata perda · M. frenata perotae · M. frenata primulina (Long-Tailed Weasel) · M. frenata pulchra · M. frenata spadix · M. frenata tropicalis · M. frenata washingtoni · M. frenata xanthogenys · M. furo

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Further Reading

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• A study of the mammals of Iran: resulting from the Street Expedition of 1962-63 [by] Douglas M. Lay. [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1967. ENG url p. 208, p. 279.
• A survey of the mammals of Afghanistan, resulting from the 1965 Street Expedition (excluding bats) [by] Jerry D. Hassinger. [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1973. ENG url p. 130, p. 132, p. x.
• Acta Soc. pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Helsinki, Societas. ENG url p. 85.
• Alfred L. Gardner: Includes M. rixosa
• An Arctic ecosystem: the coastal tundra at Barrow, Alaska / edited by Jerry Brown [et al.]. Stroudsburg, Pa.: Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross: c1980. ENG url p. 339, p. 365.
• Anglo-russkii biologicheskii slovar' / [avtory, I. N. Afanas'eva et al.; spetsial'nye nauch. redaktory, O. I. Chibisova i L. A. Koziar]. Moskva: Russkii iazyk, 1979. ENG url p. 700.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciias Naturais. Lisboa, Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciias Naturais, 1908- ENG url p. 101.
• Bulletin de la Société royale de botanique de Belgique. [Bruxelles]: La Société, [1866]-1989. FRE url p. 140.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 11, p. 29, p. 35.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 168, p. 4, p. 742.
• Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta / by John Anderson, Superintendent of the Indian Museum. Calcutta, 1881-1891. ENG url p. 279.
• Catalogue of carnivorous, pachydermatous and edentate Mammalia in the Museum / by J.E. Gray London, 1869. ENG url p. 91.
• Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum, by Gerrit S. Miller. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1912. ENG url p. 1008, p. 1013, p. 400, p. 401, p. 402, p. 412.
• Catalogue of the mammals of western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum / by Gerrit S. Miller. London: BMNH, 1912. ENG url p. 1008, p. 400, p. 401, p. 402, p. 412.
• Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1966. ENG url p. 251, p. 251, p. 252, p. 253, p. 256, p. 256, p. 257, p. 257, p. 258.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- ENG url p. 23, p. 25.
• Falco 33: 10
• Fur-bearing animals: a monograph of North American Mustelidae, in which an account of the wolverene, the martens or sables, the ermine, the mink and various other kinds of weasels, several species of skunks, the badger, t By Elliott Coues. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1877. ENG url p. 102.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 19 providers.
• Mustelid Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Mammal Research Institute PAS, Mammal Collection
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Texas Tech University
• , Mammal specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Mammal Collection
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Biological Records Centre - Mammal records from Britain from the Atlas of Mammals
• , with some subsequent records
• University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology, Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2478336
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180554
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13837086
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180554
• IUCN ID: 14021
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAJF02020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7818

Footnotes

1. Mean = 201.300 meters (660.433 feet), Standard Deviation = 303.740 based on 9,651 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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