Yellow-bellied Weasel Mustela kathiah preying on a rat Niviventer in Darjeeling, India

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  • Aditya Pradhan Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment

Keywords:

diet, mustelidae, small mammal, small carnivore, darjeeling, predation

Abstract

A Yellow-bellied Weasel Mustela kathiah was observed catching and killing a rat Niviventer inside a house in Darjeeling, India, at an elevation of 1600 m asl. Photographs and details of the observation are provided. The diet of Yellow-bellied Weasel is poorly known and this report adds to the limited literature on the species.

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2022-11-17

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Pradhan, A. (2022) “Yellow-bellied Weasel Mustela kathiah preying on a rat Niviventer in Darjeeling, India”, Small Carnivore Conservation, 60. Available at: https://smallcarnivoreconservation.com/index.php/sccg/article/view/4700 (Accessed: 7 June 2023).

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Vol. 60 (2022)

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