The ferret (Mustela furo) is a small, domesticated species belonging to the family Mustelidae. A ferret is most likely a domesticated form of the wild European ferret or polecat (Mustela putorius ). Ferrets were bred for sport, hunting rabbits in a...
The ermine (Mustela erminea) is a mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern portions of North America. Introduced in the late 19th century into New Zealand to control rabbits, the ermine has had a devastating effect on native bird populations. It...
The American mink is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to North America. It is considered by some as the cutest member of the weasel family. Its name is derived from the Swedish word âmeankâ. Being part of the weasel family, American minks...
The Least weasel (Mustela nivalis) lives deep in the Northeast Asian deciduous forest. It hunts day and night, aided by its sharp nails and long slender body. It is the worldâs smallest carnivore. According to Blackfoot legend, this species is the...
The European polecat (Mustela putorius) is a species of mustelid native to western Eurasia and North Africa. It originated in Western Europe during the Middle Pleistocene, with its closest living relatives being the Steppe polecat, the Black-footed...
The endangered Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) belongs to the weasel family and is the only ferret that is native to North America. Domestic ferrets are a different species and of European origin. The Black-footed ferret was once found in the...
The Long-tailed weasel is an endearing-looking species of mustelid common throughout America and southern Canada. Looking like a cute, curious, lively kitten, it is one of nature's most ferocious and relentless predators and is known as "nature's...
The sea mink (Neogale macrodon ) is a recently extinct species of mink that lived on the eastern coast of North America around the Gulf of Maine on the New England seaboard. It was most closely related to the American mink (Neogale vison ), with...
The European minks (Mustela lutreola) are small carnivores once widely distributed over almost the whole of the European continent and currently surviving in a few enclaves as fragmented populations. The huge change in its numbers and distribution...
Siberian weasels (Mustela sibirica) are medium-sized weasels native to Asia. They live in various forests and open areas. They build their nests inside fallen logs and often line their nesting chambers with bird feathers and rodent hair.
The steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii ), also known as the white or masked polecat, is a species of mustelid native to Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its wide distribution,...
The Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi ) is a carnivorous mammal belonging to the genus Mustela in the family Mustelidae. The most closely related Mustela species is the Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica ). Its taxonomic species name, itatsi, is based...
The Egyptian weasel (Mustela nivalis subpalmata) is a unique population of the Least weasel found only in northern Egypt. It was formerly considered a distinct species, as Mustela subpalmata.
The mountain weasel (Mustela altaica ), also known as the pale weasel, Altai weasel or solongoi, primarily lives in high-altitude environments, as well as rocky tundra and grassy woodlands.This weasel rests in rock crevices, tree trunks, and...
The Colombian weasel (Neogale felipei) is a very rare small mammal. It is the second-smallest living carnivoran and probably the rarest carnivoran in South America. The Colombian weasel is also one of the least studied carnivore species in the...
The Amazon weasel (Neogale africana) is a South American weasel described by Anselme GaÃŦtan Desmarest in 1818. It is the largest of the three species of South American weasel.
The Yellow-bellied weasel (Mustela kathiah) is a small carnivorian that lives in forests in central and eastern Asia. Despite their size, these animals are active predators and feed on small mammals.
The Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes) is a small mammal from Asia. It is very poorly known but assumed to occur at low densities and behave elusively based on low detection rates.
The Back-striped weasel (Mustela strigidorsa) is a small mammal widely distributed in Southeastern Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its presumed large population, occurrence in many protected areas, apparent...
The Indonesian mountain weasel (Mustela lutreolina ) is a species of weasel that lives on the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia at elevations over 1,000 metres (3,280Â ft). They live in mountainous, tropical, and rainforest areas. Indonesian...
The Tonkin weasel (Mustela tonkinensis ) is a species of weasel described by BjÃķrkegren in 1941. It is known only from a singular specimen collected from an undisclosed location in Northern Vietnam. Originally believed to be a form of either the...
