Long-tailed weasel
Species of weasel native to the Americas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The long-tailed weasel (Neogale frenata), also known as the bridled weasel, masked ermine, or big stoat, is a species of mustelid distributed from southern Canada through much of the United States and Mexico, southward through all of Central America and into northern South America. It is distinct from the short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea), also known as a "stoat", a close relation in the genus Mustela that originated in Eurasia and crossed into North America some half million years ago; the two species are visually similar, especially the black tail tip.
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Long-tailed weasel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Genus: | Neogale |
Species: | N. frenata |
Binomial name | |
Neogale frenata (Lichtenstein, 1831) | |
Long-tailed weasel range | |
Synonyms | |
Mustela frenata |
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