Mass: 73.2 g based on Pekkarinen and Heikkilå 1997, Brandt and Lambin 2007, Chappell 1980, and Casey and Casey 1979

Diet: carnivore based on Pekkarinen and Heikkilå 1997

Abundance: 0.00 to 4.24% (median 0.19%)

Latitudinal range: 32.8° to 60.4°

Habitats: (30), Mediterranean woodland (1), boreal forest/taiga (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (3)

Found in 35 samples

Bulgaria: Osogovo Mountain (opportunistic study)

Canada: Prince Albert Model Forest, Charlie Lake Cave (Zone IV) (Holocene)

France: Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit II) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit III) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Units IV and V) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit VI) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit VII) (Middle Pleistocene), Romain-la-Roche (Middle Pleistocene)

Germany: Ahltener Wald (month 6), Kettig (Late Pleistocene)

Israel: Yiftah'el (Holocene)

Italy: Cava Muracci (Late Pleistocene)

Lebanon: Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve (spring)

Poland: Borsuka Cave (Layer VI) (Late Pleistocene)

Russia: Chagyrskaya Cave (Layer 5) (Late Pleistocene), Chagyrskaya Cave (Layer 6) (Late Pleistocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 2) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 3) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 4) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 5) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 7) (Holocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 10) (Late Pleistocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 11) (Late Pleistocene), Cheremukhovo-1 (Bed 12) (Late Pleistocene), Imanay Cave (Holocene Layer 1) (Holocene), Imanay Cave (Holocene Layer 2) (Holocene), Imanay Cave (Holocene Layer 3) (Holocene), Chernyshevskaya-III Cave (layer 3) (Holocene)

United States: Welsh Cave (Late Pleistocene), Robinson Cave (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), New Paris Sinkhole No. 4 (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene), Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (logs, feature)

♀ body mass	40 g	N = 1	Pekkarinen and Heikkilå 1997
♀ body mass	60 g	N = 1	Pekkarinen and Heikkilå 1997
♀ body mass	40 g	N = 1	Pekkarinen and Heikkilå 1997
♀ body mass	40 g	N = 1	Pekkarinen and Heikkilå 1997
♂ body mass	110 g	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ body mass	158 g	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ body mass	114 g	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ body mass	97 g	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ body mass	102 g	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ body mass	106 g	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ body mass	120 g	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ body mass	116 g	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ body mass	80 g	N = 1	Pekkarinen and Heikkilå 1997
♂ body mass	80 g	N = 1	Pekkarinen and Heikkilå 1997
♂ body mass	60 g	N = 1	Pekkarinen and Heikkilå 1997
♂ body mass	100 g	N = 1	Pekkarinen and Heikkilå 1997
♂ body mass	60 g	N = 1	Pekkarinen and Heikkilå 1997
body mass	40 g	N = 1	Chappell 1980
♀ condylobasal length	30.5 mm	N = 1	Hesket and Fleharty 1965
♂ condylobasal length	30.8 mm	N = 1	Hesket and Fleharty 1965
♂ ear length	11 mm	N = 1	Hesket and Fleharty 1965
♂ hind foot length	23 mm	N = 1	Hesket and Fleharty 1965
♂ tail length	34 mm	N = 1	Hesket and Fleharty 1965
♂ total body length	272 mm	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ total body length	268 mm	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ total body length	255 mm	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ total body length	242 mm	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ total body length	273 mm	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ total body length	233 mm	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ total body length	261 mm	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ total body length	280 mm	N = 1	Brandt and Lambin 2007
♂ total body length	183 mm	N = 1	Hesket and Fleharty 1965
♀ upper tooth row length	8.4 mm	N = 1	Hesket and Fleharty 1965
♂ upper tooth row length	8.5 mm	N = 1	Hesket and Fleharty 1965
♀ body mass	41 g	N = 1	Casey and Casey 1979
♀ body mass	45 g	N = 1	Casey and Casey 1979
♀ body mass	65 g	N = 1	Casey and Casey 1979
♂ body mass	71 g	N = 1	Casey and Casey 1979
♂ body mass	77 g	N = 1	Casey and Casey 1979
♂ body mass	84 g	N = 1	Casey and Casey 1979
♀ hind foot length	18.9 mm	N = 19	Swanson and Fryklund 1935
♂ hind foot length	21.4 mm	N = 75	Swanson and Fryklund 1935
♀ skull width	13.96 mm	N = 14	Swanson and Fryklund 1935
♂ skull width	15.7 mm	N = 55	Swanson and Fryklund 1935
♀ tail length	27 mm	N = 19	Swanson and Fryklund 1935
♂ tail length	31.8 mm	N = 75	Swanson and Fryklund 1935
♀ total body length	166.7 mm	N = 20	Swanson and Fryklund 1935
♂ total body length	184.5 mm	N = 75	Swanson and Fryklund 1935

See also Mustela, Mustela altaica, Mustela erminea, Mustela eversmanii, Mustela itatsi, Mustela kathiah, Mustela nudipes, Mustela palerminea, Mustela praenivalis, Mustela putorius, Mustela sibirica, Mustela sp., Mustela strandi, Mustela strigidorsa