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

Scientific name	Source
Mustela nivalis nivalis Linnaeus, 1766	Fauna Europaea (2005)
Mustela nivalis rossica Abramov & Baryshnikov, 1999	Fauna Europaea (2005)
Mustela nivalis vulgaris Erxleben, 1777	Fauna Europaea (2005)

Weasel - Mustela nivalis Linnaeus, 1766

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	1 international agreement
Most preferred habitats	agricultural mosaics cropland grassland heathland and shrub woodland and forest
May also occur in	sparsely vegetated land urban wetlands
Natura 2000 species code	2634

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

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Ballottra	Maltese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Belette d'Europe	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Brud	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Comadreja	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Doninha	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Donnola	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Eurázsiai menyét	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Gelincik	Turkish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Helghe	Romanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Klengt Wisel	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lasica	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Lumikko	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mala podlasica	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Mauswiesel	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nirk	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nuselalja	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Småvessla	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Snævesla	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Snømus	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Weasel	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Wezel	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Zebiekste	Latvian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Faetorius pusillus	Fatio, 1869
Mustela gale	Pallas, 1811
Mustela vulgaris	Erxleben, 1777
Putorius nivalis	Thomas, 1900
Mustela minor	Nilsson, 1820
Putorius minutus	Pomel, 1853
Foetorius pusillus	Fatio, 1869
Mustela boccamela	Bechstein, 1800
Putorius numidicus	Pucheran, 1855
Mustela stoliczkana	Blanford, 1877
Mustela punctata	Domaniewski, 1926
Mustela russelliana	Thomas, 1911
Mustela trettaui	Kleinschmidt, 1937
Mustela tonkinensis	Björkegren, 1942

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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