Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Carnivora; Mustelidae; Mustela; Mustela nivalis; eskimo*; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11345694; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/3551ECB3E3B0BB94C18055890E05C4CA

Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766 Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., Vol. 1: 69. Type Locality: " Westrobothnia " [Sweden]. Vernacular Names: Least Weasel. Subspecies:: Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. nivalis Linnaeus 1766 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. allegheniensis Rhoads 1901 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. boccamela Bechstein 1800 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. campestris Jackson 1913 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. caucasica Barrett-Hamilton 1900 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. eskimo Stone 1900 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. heptneri Morozova-Turova 1953 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. mosanensis Mori 1927 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. namiyei Kuroda 1921 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. numidica Pucheran 1855 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. pallida Barrett-Hamilton 1900 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. pygmaea J. A. Allen 1903 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. rixosa Bangs 1896 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. rossica Abramov and Baryshnikov 2000 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. russelliana Thomas 1911 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. stoliczkana Blanford 1877 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. tonkinensis Björkegren 1941 Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. vulgaris Erxleben 1777 Distribution: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Corsica, Crete, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan (Hokkaido and Honshu), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand (introduced – Corbet and Hill, 1980), Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Serbia and Montenegro, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, USA, (Alaska and most of the USA except SW), Ukraine. Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Reviewed by Reichstein (1957), van Zyll de Jong (1992), Reig (1997), and Abramov and Baryshinikov (2000). Reig divided this problematic taxon into four species based on a skull ...