Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Carnivora > Family: Mustelidae > Genus: Mustela > Species: Mustela erminea > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Mustela erminea aestiva Kerr, 1792	Fauna Europaea (2005)
Mustela erminea erminea Linnaeus, 1758	Fauna Europaea (2005)
Mustela erminea hibernica (Thomas & Barrett-Hamilton, 1895)	Fauna Europaea (2005)
Mustela erminea ferghanae Linnaeus, 1758	CITES (2006)

Stoat - Mustela erminea Linnaeus, 1758

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	2 international agreements
Most preferred habitats	agricultural mosaics cropland woodland and forest
May also occur in	grassland heathland and shrub rivers and lakes urban wetlands

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	CITES Appendix III valid from 24 June 2010	Synonym for this species is listed in CITES. See there for more details.	http://www.cites.org/eng

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Arminho	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Armiño	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ermellin	Maltese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ermellino	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ermin	Turkish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gronostaj	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Grousst Wisel	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hermelijn	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hermelin	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hermelin	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hermelin	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hermelin	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hermelin	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hermine	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hranostaj	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hreysiköttur	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kärp	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kärppä	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lækat	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nuselalja e bores	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Røyskatt	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sermulis	Latvian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Stoat	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Zerdav	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Faetorius erminea	Blasius, 1857
Putorius erminea	Coues, 1877
Putorius (Ictis) ermineus	Trouessart, 1910
Putorius hibernicus	Thomas & Barrett-Hamilton, 1895
Putorius algiricus	Thomas, 1895
Putorius ermineus ferghanae	Thomas, 1895
Mustela whiteheadi	Wroughton, 1908
Putorius arcticus	Merriam, 1896
Mustela lymani	Hollister, 1912
Mustela nippon	Cabrera, 1913
Mustela kanei	Allen, 1914
Mustela anguinae	Hall, 1932
Mustela audax	Barret-Hamilton, 1904
Mustela bangsi	Hall, 1945

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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