Siberian Weasel

Taxobox
name = Siberian Weasel
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3

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image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Mustelidae
genus = "Mustela"
species = "M. sibirica"
binomial = "Mustela sibirica"
binomial_authority = Pallas, 1773

The Siberian Mountain Weasel, also known as the Siberian Weasel, Kolinsky or Himalayan Weasel, is a rust coloured member of the weasel family. Its scientific name is "Mustela sibirica".

Siberian weasel fur makes the finest water color or oil paint brushes and is especially sought after by artists. The so-called kolinsky sable-hair brush is produced using the winter fur of the male siberian weasel, not sable.

External links

* [http://www.inferret.ru/page-id-76.html Picture of Siberian Weasel]