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weasel
Also known as Mustela, weasels, the weasel genus
Weasels are mammals of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae. The genus Mustela includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets, and European mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slender bodies and short legs. The family Mustelidae, or mustelids (which also includes badgers, otters, and wolverines), is often referred to as the "weasel family". In Great Britain, the term "weasel" usually refers to the smallest species, the least weasel (M. nivalis), the smallest carnivoran species.
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Weasels are small, agile carnivorous mammals with long, slender bodies and short legs that belong to the genus Mustela within the larger weasel family. The group includes several related species such as stoats, ferrets, and polecats, and they are active predators found in various regions around the world.
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- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderGadiformes
- FamilyGaidropsaridae
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鼬属（学名 Mustela），是哺乳綱食肉目鼬科的一屬，共有17個種： 纹腹鼬 Mustela africana 香鼬 Mustela altaica 白鼬 Mustela erminea 艾鼬 Mustela eversmannii 南美山鼬 Mustela felipei 長尾鼬 Mustela frenata 日本鼬 Mustela itatsi 黄腹鼬 Mustela kathiah 欧洲水鼬 Mustela lutreola 爪哇鼬 Mustela lutreolina 黑足鼬 Mustela nigripes 伶鼬 Mustela nivalis 裸足鼬 Mustela nudipes 歐洲雪貂 Mustela putorius 黄鼬 Mustela sibirica 鼬 Mustela strigidorsa 埃及鼬 Mustela subpalmata 台灣小黃鼠狼 Mustela. formosana 美洲水鼬（Neovison vison）和已绝種的海鼬（Neovison macrodon）在1999年已從鼬属歸類到美洲水鼬属（Neovison）。
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Weasels are mammals of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae. The genus Mustela includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets, and European mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slender bodies and short legs. The family Mustelidae, or mustelids (which also includes badgers, otters, and wolverines), is often referred to as the "weasel family". In Great Britain, the term "weasel" usually refers to the smallest species, the least weasel (M. nivalis), the smallest carnivoran species.
Least weasels vary in length from , females being smaller than the males, and usually have red or brown upper coats and white bellies; some populations of some species moult to a wholly white coat in winter. They have long, slender bodies, which enable them to follow their prey into burrows. Their tails may be from long.