Yellow-bellied weasel

Weight

208.1 g – 263.7 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrublandsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

Not recorded

Active

Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The yellow-bellied weasel is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderCarnivora
5. familyMustelidae
6. genusMustela
7. SpeciesMustela kathiah Hodgson, 1835

Synonyms Mustela melli

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Least weasel

Mustela nivalis

Mustelidae

LC, Least Concern

Stoat

Mustela erminea

Mustelidae

LC, Least Concern

European polecat

Mustela putorius

Mustelidae

CR, Critically Endangered

European mink

Mustela lutreola

Mustelidae

LC, Least Concern

Siberian weasel

Mustela sibirica

Mustelidae

NT, Near Threatened

Mountain weasel

Mustela altaica

Mustelidae

CompareYellow-bellied weasel vs Least weaselYellow-bellied weasel vs StoatYellow-bellied weasel vs European polecatYellow-bellied weasel vs European mink

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@misc{yellow_bellied_weasel_2026,
  title = {Yellow-bellied weasel (Mustela kathiah)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-bellied-weasel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}