Mustela erminea

species of mustelid (Mustelidae)
Taxon taxon Q25345
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Summary

Mustela erminea is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.066% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,582 views/month, #128 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Q109758751[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: weasel[6]
  • Endemic to: Alaska[7]
  • Taxon name: Mustela erminea[8]
  • Commons category: Mustela erminea[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mustela erminea[10]
  • Commons gallery: Mustela erminea[11]
  • Main food source: European Rabbit[12], Arvicola amphibius[13], European hamster[14], Ochotona[15]
  • Described by source: Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21], Mustela erminea[22]
  • This taxon is source of: miniver[23], ermine[24]
  • Short name: M. erminea[25]
  • Taxon common name: Stoat[26], Hermelin[27], Armiño[28], Hermine[29], Горностай[30], Ermine[31], Short-tailed Weasel[32], Großwiesel[33], Kurzschwanzwiesel[34], hermelijn[35], stoat, ermine[36], Hermelin, Grosse Wiesel[37], kärppä[38], 白鼬[39]
  • Height: 0.2475 m[40]
  • Mass: 0.219 kg[41]
  • Life expectancy: 5 years[42]
  • Habitat: shrubland[43], forest[44]

Body

Identifiers

Mustela erminea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 36723[45]. Mustela erminea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328587[46]. Mustela erminea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5219019[47]. Mustela erminea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180555[48].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Mustela erminea include Riga-class frigate[49], a ship class[50]; Oulun Kärpät[51], an ice hockey team[52], in Finland[53], founded in 1946[54]; Order of the Ermine[55], an order of chivalry[56], founded in 1381[57]; and ermine[58].

Why It Matters

Mustela erminea has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Entities named for it include Riga-class frigate[49], a ship class[50]; Oulun Kärpät[51], an ice hockey team[52], in Finland[53], founded in 1946[54]; Order of the Ermine[55], an order of chivalry[56], founded in 1381[57]; and ermine[58].

FAQs

What awards did Mustela erminea receive?

Honors received include Q109758751[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Phylogeography of endemic ermine (Mustela erminea) in southeast Alaska.. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [45] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [48] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [46] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [47] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . The Dictionary of Fashion History. wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . ARKive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [39] ↑ . China' s mammalian diversity. wikidata.org.
  42. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [42] ↑ . mammal.org.uk. mammal.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C2785
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C2785, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14635 → Mustela.erminea.tracks.jpg
    Biblissima authority id → Q292479
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q292479, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 12w ago · LetmeEditit · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Video → Lionel favre - Hermine blanche II.webm
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Video: Lionel favre - Hermine blanche II.webm"
  4. 14w ago · Futsuli · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Q140402596
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: Q140402596"
  5. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → mustela-erminea
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: mustela-erminea, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289955415|mustela erminea (#289955415)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main food source → European Rabbit, Arvicola amphibius, European hamster +1
    This taxon is source of → miniver, ermine
    Endemic to → Alaska
    Height → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0.2475'}
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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