Least wheasel

The least wheasel (Mustela nivalis), eften simply cried wheasel, is the smawest member o the genus Mustela an o the faimily Mustelidae (as well as the smawest o the Carnivora), native tae Eurasie, North Americae an North Africae, tho it haes been introduced tae New Zealand, Australie, Maltae, Crete, Bermuda, Madeira Island, the Azores, the Canary Islands, Sao Tome, the Falkland Islands, Argentinae an Chile.^[2]

Least wheasel Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–Recent
Least wheasel at the British Wildlife Centre, Surrey, Ingland
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Faimily:	Mustelidae
Genus:	Mustela
Species:	M. nivalis
Binomial name
Mustela nivalis Linnaeus, 1766
Global range o M. nivalis