Mustela nivalis (least weasel)
Variant names:
 Mustela rixosa

Mass: 61.7 g based on Casey and Casey 1979

Latitudinal range: 32.8° to 60.4°

Habitats: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (3), boreal forest/taiga (1), Mediterranean woodland (1)

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Found in 35 samples

Bulgaria: Osogovo Mountain (opportunistic study)

Canada: Prince Albert Model Forest, Charlie Lake Cave (Zone IV) (Holocene)

France: Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit II) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit III) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Units IV and V) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit VI) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit VII) (Middle Pleistocene), Romain-la-Roche (Middle Pleistocene)

Germany: Ahltener Wald (month 6), Kettig (Late Pleistocene)

Israel: Yiftah'el (Holocene)

Italy: Cava Muracci (Late Pleistocene)

Lebanon: Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve (spring)

Poland: Borsuka Cave (Layer VI) (Late Pleistocene)

Russia: Chagyrskaya Cave (Layer 5) (Late Pleistocene), Chagyrskaya Cave (Layer 6) (Late Pleistocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 2) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 3) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 4) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 5) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 7) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 10) (Late Pleistocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 11) (Late Pleistocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 12) (Late Pleistocene), Imanay Cave (Holocene Layer 1) (Holocene), Imanay Cave (Holocene Layer 2) (Holocene), Imanay Cave (Holocene Layer 3) (Holocene), Chernyshevskaya-III Cave (layer 3) (Holocene)

United States: Welsh Cave (Late Pleistocene), Robinson Cave (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), New Paris Sinkhole No. 4 (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene), Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (logs, feature)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass41 gN = 1Casey and Casey 1979
♀ body mass45 gN = 1Casey and Casey 1979
♀ body mass65 gN = 1Casey and Casey 1979
♂ body mass71 gN = 1Casey and Casey 1979
♂ body mass77 gN = 1Casey and Casey 1979
♂ body mass84 gN = 1Casey and Casey 1979
♀ hind foot length18.9 mmN = 19Swanson and Fryklund 1935
♂ hind foot length21.4 mmN = 75Swanson and Fryklund 1935
♀ skull width13.96 mmN = 14Swanson and Fryklund 1935
♂ skull width15.7 mmN = 55Swanson and Fryklund 1935
♀ tail length27 mmN = 19Swanson and Fryklund 1935
♂ tail length31.8 mmN = 75Swanson and Fryklund 1935
♀ total body length166.7 mmN = 20Swanson and Fryklund 1935
♂ total body length184.5 mmN = 75Swanson and Fryklund 1935

See also Mustela, Mustela altaica, Mustela erminea, Mustela eversmanii, Mustela itatsi, Mustela kathiah, Mustela nudipes, Mustela palerminea, Mustela praenivalis, Mustela putorius, Mustela rexroadensis, Mustela sibirica, Mustela sp., Mustela strandi, Mustela strigidorsa