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Indonesian Mountain Weasel
Mustela lutreolina
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Mustelidae
- Genus
- Mustela
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Indonesia
- Realm
- Indomalaya
About this species
- Size
- Body 280–300mm; tail 130–150mm
- Diet
- Carnivorous, adapted to eating rodents
- Habitat
- Tropical montane rainforest above 1,000m
- Range
- Java and Sumatra
The Indonesian mountain weasel lives on Java and Sumatra at montane elevations above 1,000 m in tropical rainforest. It is reddish-brown, with a body length of 280–300 mm and a tail of 130–150 mm (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is carnivorous and especially adapted to eating rodents, and can kill prey much larger than itself thanks to its speed and agility (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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