Monday Mustelid
jlynch | December 22, 2008
European polecat, Mustela putorius L.
And with that, we end our series of Monday Mustelids which we began back in January.
jlynch | December 14, 2008
Siberian weasel, Mustela siberica Pallas 1773
There are no good available photos for the Malayan weasel (M. nudipes), the Black-striped weasel (M. strigidorsa) and the Egyptian weasel (M. subpalmata), so that's all you are getting on them. That means that next week's Monday Mustelid will be the last one in the series.
jlynch | December 8, 2008
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).
jlynch | December 1, 2008
Yellow-bellied weasel, Mustela kathiah Hodgson 1835
European mink, Mustela lutreola L.
jlynch | November 16, 2008
Long-tailed weasel, Mustela frenata Lichtenstein 1831
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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.
jlynch | November 9, 2008 Something a little different this week ...
Steppe Polecat, Mustela eversmanni Lesson 1827.
I spent three years of my life measuring mustelid skulls. I kind of miss it.
jlynch | October 27, 2008
Mountain or Pale Weasel, Mustela altaica Pallas 1811
Click for bigger, clearer version of this little beauty!
jlynch | October 23, 2008
On Monday, we'll begin the final lap of the Monday Mustelid, namely the 18 members of the genus Mustela. So it seems apt to post what is probably the most famous image of a mustelid, Leonardo Da Vinci's "Lady with the Ermine" (1482-'83). You can read more about the portrait here.
This is by way of pointing out that there are a number of the remaining species that I am unable to find a good picture of. So this will be the sole mention of M. africana Desmarest, 1818 which would have been our Monday Mustelid next week.
jlynch | October 19, 2008
Marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna Güldenstädt 1770
(source)
Seriously, who wouldn't love this little guy?
jlynch | October 17, 2008
Two-week-old Black footed ferret pup (Mustela nigripes).
Those Bleiman Brothers have done it again and given us ZooBorns. Too cute for words.
jlynch | October 12, 2008
African Striped Weasel, Poecilogale albinucha Gray 1864
(Apologies for the quality of the picture)
jlynch | October 5, 2008
American mink Neovison vison Schreber 1777
(Formerly Mustela vison)
[source]
jlynch | August 24, 2008
Pine marten, Martes martes L.
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[Strictly speaking, #27 should be the Nilgiri marten, M. gwatkinsii, but I can't find any images.]