A first photographic record of a Yellow-bellied Weasel Mustela kathiah Hodgson, 1835 (Mammalia: Carnivora: Mustelidae) from western Nepal

Authors

  • Badri Baral Nepal Environmental Research Institute, Tarakeshwor 9, Kathmandu 44610, Nepal.
  • Anju Pokharel Nature Conservation Initiative Nepal, Gokarneshwor 5, Kathmandu 44602, Nepal.
  • Dipak Raj Basnet Nature Conservation Initiative Nepal, Gokarneshwor 5, Kathmandu 44602, Nepal.
  • Ganesh Bahadur Magar Nature Conservation Initiative Nepal, Gokarneshwor 5, Kathmandu 44602, Nepal.
  • Karan Bahadur Shah Himalayan Nature, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5208.11.13.14753-14756

Keywords:

Carnivore, Gandaki Province, habitat, Jajarkot, Karnali Province, Myagdi, traditional transhumance

Abstract

One live and another dead Yellow-bellied Weasel were spotted at an altitude of 2,190m and 3,078m, respectively, in Lamsung, Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality, Myagdi and Barekot Rural Municipality, Jajarkot on 1 May 2016 and 16 June 2016 in the afternoon.  This is probably the first record of the species with photographs in Myagdi District of Gandaki Province, and in Jajarkot District of Karnali Province, western Nepal.

 

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Published

26-10-2019

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Vol. 11 No. 13 (2019)

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Short Communications

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