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Stoat (Hermelijn)




Stoat (Ermine) - Mustela erminea - Hermelijn
Eurasia and North-America. Introduced to New Zealand.

The following 34 subspecies are being recognized:
Mustela erminea erminea - Norway, Sweden, Finland and Northwest-Russia;
Mustela erminea hibernica - Ireland;
Mustela erminea stabilis - Greast Britain;
Mustela erminea ricinae - Scotland (Islay Island);
Mustela erminea aestiva - North- and Central-Europe to Central-Asia in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan;
Mustela erminea minima - Switzerland;
Mustela erminea teberdina - Russian Caucasus;
Mustela erminea tobolica - West-Siberia;
Mustela erminea ferghanae - Afghanistan, Pakistand and North-India;
Mustela erminea mongolica - Northwest-China and Mongolian Altai;
Mustela erminea kaneii - Northeast-China, Russia (East-Siberia);
Mustela erminea lymani - East-Russia (Altai Mountains, Siberia);
Mustela erminea karaginensis - Northeast-Russia (Karaginsky Island);
Mustela erminea nippon - Japan;
Mustela erminea richardsonii - North-Canada;
Mustela erminea polaris - Greenland;
Mustela erminea semplei - Canada (Franklin and Keewatin districts);
Mustela erminea arctica - Alaska and Northwest-Canada;
Mustela erminea celenda - Alaska (Prince of Wales Island);
Mustela erminea initis - Alaska (Baranof Island);
Mustela erminea kadiacensis - Alaska (Kodiak Island);
Mustela erminea salva - Southeast-Alaska (Admiralty Island);
Mustela erminea seclusa - Southeast-Alaska (Suemez Island);
Mustela erminea alascensis - South-Alaska;
Mustela erminea anguinea - Southwest-Canada (Vancouver Island, British Columbia);
Mustela erminea haidarum - West-Canada (Haida Gwaii, British Columbia);
Mustela erminea fallenda - West-Canada (British Columbia) and Northwest-USA (North-Washington);
Mustela erminea gulosa - Northwest-USA (East-Washington);
Mustela erminea olympica - Northwest-USA (Olympic Peninsula, Washington);
Mustela erminea invicta - Southwest-Canada (Alberta) and Northwest-USA (Idaho, Montana);
Mustela erminea bangsi - Central-Canada and Northcentral-USA;
Mustela erminea cicognanii - Southeast-Canada and Northeast-USA;
Mustela erminea muricus - USA (Oregon to South Dakota and south to North-California and New Mexico);
Mustela erminea streatori - West-USA (coastal Washington, Oregon and Northeast-California).

Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.


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Mustela erminea aestiva
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