AnAge entry for Mustela nivalis

Classification (HAGRID: 01851)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Mustelidae
                    Genus: Mustela
Species: Mustela nivalis
Common name: Least weasel

Maximum longevity: 9.1 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: One wild born specimen was still alive at 9.1 years of age [0671]. Anecdotal reports of animals living more than 10 years are plausible but remain unverified.

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

No information on metabolism is available.

[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0730] Smith et al. (2003), Body mass of late Quaternary mammals
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves