- Mustela formosana
Taxobox
name = Taiwan high mountain least weasel
status =DD
image_width =
image_caption = Colombian Weasel
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
subclassis =Theria
infraclassis =Eutheria
ordo =Carnivora
familia =Mustelidae
subfamilia =Mustelinae
genus = "Mustela "
species = ""'M. formosana"
binomial = "Mustela formosana"
binomial_authority =Lin et Harada,1998 Taiwan high mountain least weasel ("Mustela formosana") is newly described species endemic to the mountains of Taiwan. This species has a pure white coat on the underbelly that is clearly different from the color on the topside. Recent DNA analysis confirms that taiwan weasel is close related to Japanese least weasel and their lines diverged about a hundred thousand years ago. Details about its ecology are still unclear.
External links
* [http://www.biolib.cz/cz/taxon/id302531/ Biolib Mustela formosana] on list.
* [http://taipei.tzuchi.org.tw/tzquart/2000su/qs6.htm Least Weasel] . A Mysterious Mountain Dweller: The Taiwan High Mountain.References
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