| Description | The Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes) or Malay weasel is a weasel species native to the Thai-Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Mustela : Mustela nudipes |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Mustela : Mustela nudipes |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Mustela |
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| Common Name | Malayan weasel |
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| Scientific Name | Mustela nudipes Desmarest, 1822 |
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| Name Published In | Mammalogie, in Encycl. Meth. vol.2(Suppl.) p.537 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Mustela nudipes | species | belongs to Mustela | stated with evidence | Lesson, 1827 | | Mustela nudipes | species | belongs to Putorius | stated without evidence | Stone and Rehn, 1902 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | carnivore, omnivore (based on Mustelidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Stone and J. A. G. Rehn. 1902. A collection of mammals from Sumatra, with a review of the genera Nycticebus and Tragulus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 54(1):127-142 |
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| Common Name(s) | Malayan Weasel, Malaysian Weasel |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustela_nudipes |
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| Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing - via Catalogue of Life |
| Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2 - via Catalogue of Life |
| Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World - via Catalogue of Life |
Mustela nudipes
