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Order : Carnivora
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Mustelinae
Species : Mustela nudipes
The Malayan weasel is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Malayan weasel
The females are called 'bitch, doe or jill' and males 'buck, dog, hub or jack'. A Malayan weasel group is called a 'boogle'.
Facts about the Malayan weasel
With reference to the local name of the ferret badger, it is interesting to note that the Malay weasel Mustela nudipes is called pulasan tanah, which suggests that pulasan is a generic name for weasel-like mustelids (although other sources of information show that 'pulasan' is also a Malaysian fruit tree! (Full text)
1. Malay, Malayan -- (a member of a people inhabiting the N Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the W Malay Archipelago)Malay
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