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Mustela sibirica (Siberian Weasel)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica) is a medium-sized weasel native to Asia, where it is widely distributed and inhabits various forest habitats and open areas. It is therefore listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. It is also known as kolonok or kolinsky. In form and hunting behaviour, the Siberian weasel represents a transitional form between small mustelids (such as stoats and least weasels) and their larger cousins (minks and polecats). It is a valuable furbearer, particularly for the paint brush industry.
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Infraspecies

Mustela sibirica canigula (Siberian weasel)
Mustela sibirica charbinensis (Siberian weasel)
Mustela sibirica coreana (Siberian weasel)
Mustela sibirica davidiana
Mustela sibirica fontanierii
Mustela sibirica hodgsoni (Siberian weasel)
Mustela sibirica manchurica (Siberian weasel)
Mustela sibirica moupinensis (Siberian weasel)
Mustela sibirica quelpartis (Siberian weasel)
Mustela sibirica sibirica (Siberian weasel)
Mustela sibirica subhemachalana
Mustela sibirica taivana

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
15
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.64
EDGE Score: 1.73
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.246 lbs (565 g)
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  10 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  70 %
Diet - Fish [2]  10 %
Diet - Vertibrates [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Gestation [1]  29 days
Litter Size [1]  6
Maximum Longevity [1]  9 years
Nocturnal [3]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [4]  14 inches (35 cm)
Weaning [1]  60 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan No
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam No
Mountains of Central Asia Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan No
Mountains of Southwest China China, Myanmar No

Prey / Diet

Crossoptilon harmani (Tibetan Eared Pheasant)[5]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 5Lu, X., & Zheng, G. M. (2002). Habitat use of Tibetan Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon harmani flocks in the non‐breeding season. Ibis, 144(1), 17-22.
♦ 6International Flea Database
♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 8Nunn, C. L., and S. Altizer. 2005. The Global Mammal Parasite Database: An Online Resource for Infectious Disease Records in Wild Primates. Evolutionary Anthroplogy 14:1-2.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0