Related CDFW Links

• Hunting Program
• Wildlife Investigations Lab
• Conservation Planning Program
• California Endangered Species Act
• Environmental Review and Species Take Permits

Some of the other Small Mustelidae of the World

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Species Links

For information on any of the following species or other mammals, visit the site at the National Museum of Natural History, Mammal Species of the World, where you may search by the common or scientific name of a species (e.g, stone marten or Martes foina) or of a group (e.g, weasel or Mustela).

Least weasel, Mustela nivalis  [photo]

• The weasel in Britain

• Introduced into New Zealand - New Zealand Department of Conservation

Mustela erminea - known as Stoat, Ermine, and Short-tailed weasel

• The stoat in Britain

• Ermine in California

• Introductions

European mink, Mustela lutreola

• Study on population biology of the European mink, Belarus

• Conservation Plan for the European mink, Mustela lutreola

• Introductions

European polecat, Mustela putorius [photo]

• Reference: Blandford, P. R. S. 1987. Biology of the polecat Mustela putorius: a literature review. Mammal Rev., 17(4):155-198.

• Britain

  • A Local Biodiversity Action Plan for the Polecat - Cheshire Wildlife Trust

  • "Polecats Are On Their Way Back" - J. Birks, The Vincent Wildlife Trust

• Europe - The Polecat Project

• Spain - Association for the Defense of the Wildlife and Resources of Extremadura

• Spain - Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos

• Belarus -The Vertebrate Predation Research Group

• Domestic ferrets - California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna

• Photo

• Vormela Project (conservation of the European marbled polecat)

Steppe polecat or Siberian polecat, Mustela eversmanni

• Mammal Species of the World

• Photo

Black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes

• Black-footed ferret - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Reintroduction Programs

  • Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Recovery Program

  • Comparative study using Siberian polecats in black-footed ferret reintroduction programs

  • Evaluation of release techniques

European pine marten, Martes martes [photo]

• Der Baummarder, Ressourcen zur Biologie von Martes martes

• Pine marten in Britain

Stone marten, Martes foina

• Mammal Species of the World

• Introduced population in Wisconsin, USA

Other References

• Species of the genus Mustela and of other Mustelidae

• The Weasel's Web Facts page

• Mustelids of Europe (in German)

• References on Mustelid and Viverrid Biology - T. Lode

• Scientific publications - The Vertebrate Predation Research Group, Belarus

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