Mustela
Back-striped Weasel (Mustela strigidorsa)
The range of this species extends through northeastern India, into northern and central Myanmar, southern China and northern Indochina.
Monotypic, no photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Malay Weasel (Mustela nudipes)
The range of this species extends throughout Sumatra and Borneo and the southern half of the Malay Peninsula.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Indonesian Mountain Weasel (Mustela lutreolina)
The range of this species is restricted to mountainous regions of Java and Sumatra.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Yellow-bellied Weasel (Mustela kathiah)
The range of this species extends from the Indian Himalaya to southeast China and eastern Indochina.
Monotypic; no photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Eurasian Ermine (Mustela erminea)
The range of this species extends throughout Eurasia, as far south as the northern Iberian peninsula and Balkans in Europe, and Kashmir, northern China and Mongolia in Asia, and into Alaska, Arctic Canada and Greenland in North America.
Eighteen subspecies are currently recognised as follows:
M. e. erminea
M. e. aestiva - photo by
@Maguari
M. e. arctica - photo by
@Pleistohorse
M. e. ferghanae
M. e. hibernica
M. e. kadiacensis
M. e. kaneii
M. e. karaginensis
M. e. lymani
M. e. minima
M. e. mongolica - photo by
@carl the birder
M. e. nippon
M. e. polaris
M. e. ricinae
M. e. salva
M. e. stabilis - photo by
@littleRedPanda
M. e. teberdina
M. e. tobolica
American Ermine (Mustela richardsonii)
The range of this species extends throughout much of North America, extending as far south as northern California, New Mexico and northern Virginia; absent from Arctic Canada, Greenland and much of Alaska.
Thirteen subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:
M. r. alascensis
M. r. anguinae
M. r. bangsi
M. r. cigognanii
M. r. fallenda
M. r. gulosa
M. r. initis
M. r. invicta
M. r. muricus
M. r. olympica
M. r. richardsonii - photo by
@Ituri
M. r. semplei
M. r. stratori
Haida Ermine (Mustela haidarum)
Endemic to the Haida Gwaii archipelago of northwestern Canada and adjacent offshore islands of southeast Alaska.
Three subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:
M. h. haidarum
M. h. celenda
M. h. seclusa
No photographs of this species have been uploaded by Zoochatters at the time of writing.
Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
The native range of this species is Holarctic, encompassing much of Europe and North Africa, Asia and parts of northern North America. Introduced populations are present in many of the Mediterranean islands, New Zealand and the Azores.
Thirteen subspecies are currently recognised, as follows:
M. n. nivalis - photo by
@carl the birder
M. n. allegheniensis
M. n. boccamela
M. n. campestris
M. n. eskimo
M. n. formosana
M. n. namiyeyi
M. n. numidica
M. n. rixosa
M. n. russelliana
M. n. subpalmata - photo by
@devilfish
M. n. tonkiniensis
M. n. vulgaris - photo by
@ro6ca66
Mountain Weasel (
Mustela altaica)
The range of this species extends through central and east Asia, with a range comprising from Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the west, through northern India, Nepal and Bhutan to Mongolia, China and the south of Russia in the east.
Monotypic.
Photo by
@Chlidonias
Japanese Weasel (Mustela itatsi)
The range of this species extends throughout Japan, with those populations in Hokkaido representing human introductions, along with an introduced population on the Russian island of Sakhalin.
Monotypic.
Photo by
@devilfish
Siberian Weasel (Mustela sibirica)
The range of this species extends throughout northern Asia from the Ural Mountains in the west through Siberia to the Russian Far East, and in the east extends south through China into the Himalayas and northern Indochina.
Currently regarded as monotypic, although taxonomic analysis is required.
Photo by
@Therabu
European Mink (Mustela lutreola)
The range of this species was once widespread through Europe and the Caucasus; however, due to extensive extirpation it is now restricted to relict populations in the western Pyrenees, the Baltic States, eastern Europe and central European Russia.
Currently regarded as monotypic.
Photo by
@Therabu
Steppe Polecat (Mustela eversmannii)
The range of this species extends from central and eastern Europe in the west, through the Caucasus and Central Asia to Mongolia and northwest China in the east.
Currently regarded as monotypic, although taxonomic analysis is required.
Photo by
@Giant Eland
European Polecat (Mustela putorius)
The range of this species extends throughout much of Europe as far east as the Ural Mountains and into North Africa, but is absent from the Balkans and northern Scandinavia.
Currently regarded as monotypic, although taxonomic analysis is required.
Photo by
@ro6ca66
Domestic Ferret (Mustela furo)
Likely derived from North African lineages of European Polecat, potentially with some input from Steppe Polecat; feral populations exist worldwide, particularly in New Zealand and in Europe, where they occasionally interbreed with the native polecat populations.
Monotypic.
Photo by
@MagpieGoose
Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes)
The range of this species was once widespread throughout central North America, from Alberta in the north to Texas, New Mexico and Arizona in the south; however, due to near-complete extirpation of the species it now comprises four viable re-introduced populations in South Dakota, Wyoming and Arizona along with a handful of non-viable or developing populations elsewhere in the United States.
Photo by
@Giant Eland
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