🦡Least weasel
De wezel (Mustela nivalis) is een roofdier uit de familie van de marterachtigen (Mustelidae). De wezel is het kleinste roofzoogdier ter wereld. Een vrouwtjeswezel weegt slechts 35 gram, lichter dan een veldmuis. In België wordt het dier ook wel muishond genoemd.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 0.05 kg
- Body length
- 0.26 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 9.99 years
Everything we know about the Least weasel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.05 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.05 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.26 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass1.56 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan9.99 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 9.1 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length3.27 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity170 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation36 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 36 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 5COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.07 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density13 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Least weasel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyMustelidae
- ›genusMustela
- ›speciesMustela nivalis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyMustelidae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyMustelidae
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