The least wheasel (Mustela nivalis), eften simply cried wheasel, is the smawest member o the genus Mustela an o the faimily Mustelidae (as well as the smawest o the Carnivora), native tae Eurasie, North Americae an North Africae, tho it haes been introduced tae New Zealand, Australie, Maltae, Crete, Bermuda, Madeira Island, the Azores, the Canary Islands, Sao Tome, the Falkland Islands, Argentinae an Chile.
Least wheasel Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–Recent | |
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Least wheasel at the British Wildlife Centre, Surrey, Ingland | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Faimily: | Mustelidae |
Genus: | Mustela |
Species: | M. nivalis |
Binomial name | |
Mustela nivalis Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Global range o M. nivalis |
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