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--> FAMILY Mustelidae
--> SUBFAMILY Mustelinae
--> GENUS Mustela
SPECIES Mustela nudipes
Author: | Desmarest, 1822. | Citation: | Mammalogie, in Encycl. Meth., 2(Suppl.): 537. | Common Name: | Malayan Weasel | Type Locality: | "L'île de Java". Locality is in error, fixed by Robinson and Kloss (1919b) as "West Sumatra" [Indonesia]. | Distribution: | Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Pocock (1941a) believed strigidorsa and nudipes to be closely related. Youngman (1982) placed nudipes in the subgenus Lutreola, Abramov (1999) placed it in subgenus Pocockictis. |
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