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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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SUBSPECIES nudipes

SUBSPECIES leucocephalus

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