Monday Mustelid #40 & 41

By jlynch on December 1, 2008.

Yellow-bellied weasel, Mustela kathiah Hodgson 1835

European mink, Mustela lutreola L.

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Monday Mustelid #42 & 43

Black footed ferret, Mustela nigripes Audubon and Bachman, 1851 Least weasel, Mustela nivalis L. Cute baby weasel under the fold ... Least weasel pup, Mustela nivalis L. I wasn't able to find a picture for the Indonesian mountain weasel (Mustela lutreolina Robinson and Thomas, 1917).

Monday Mustelid #38

Long-tailed weasel, Mustela frenata Lichtenstein 1831 (source) I was unable to find a good picture of Mustela felipei (Izor and de la Torre, 1978) so that, alas, will be left by the wayside.

Monday Mustelid #39

Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi Temminck 1844

Monday Mustelid #35

Mountain or Pale Weasel, Mustela altaica Pallas 1811 Click for bigger, clearer version of this little beauty!

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