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The long-tailed weasel was originally described in the genus Mustela with the name Mustela frenata by Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1831. [3] [4] In 1993, the classification, Mustela frenata, was accepted into the second edition of the Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference, which was published by the Smithsonian Institution Press. [4]
Long-tailed weasel, Neogale frenata, willows to spruce/fir forests, common American mink , Neogale vison , riparian forests, occasional Fisher , Pekania pennanti , forests, rare
Substantial eastern elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis) populations did not long survive the advance of European settlement into western Virginia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The last individual in the region around what became Doddridge County was killed by settler Winter Hutson (1814–1895) shortly after he arrived there in 1837 ...
Long-tailed weasel (Neogale frenata) — Like the ermine, fairly common in woods and thickets and near stone walls; especially near rivers and streams [3] Mink ( Neogale vison ) — rather common in streams, ponds, lakes and marshes
In 2021, both Neovison species, along with the long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata), Amazon weasel (Mustela africana) and Colombian weasel (Mustela felipei) were moved to the genus Neogale, as the clade containing these five species was found to be fully distinct from Mustela. [6]
The American marten is a long, slender-bodied weasel about the size of a mink with relatively large, rounded ears, short limbs, and a bushy tail. American marten have a roughly triangular head and sharp nose. Their long, silky fur ranges in color from pale yellowish buff to tawny brown to almost black.
On a farm in Angola, a “long”-tailed creature scampered across the sand. The speckled animal might have been heading to its burrow or searching for a meal, but that didn’t really matter ...
N. f. washingtoni (Washington long-tailed weasel) N. f. xanthogenys (California long-tailed weasel) North America, Central America, and northern South America