The Malayan weasel, Mustela nudipes, also called the Malay weasel, is a weasel native to the Malay Peninsula from southern Thailand to peninsular Malaysia and to the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. It is reddish-brown to grayish-white with a lighter head, a tail whose far half is pale orange to white, and naked soles; the body is 30 to 36 centimetres long with a tail of 24 to 26 centimetres. It is generally associated with tropical lowland forest but has been recorded from swamp and montane forests to plantations and high montane scrub up to 1,700 metres. The species is very poorly known and is assumed to occur at low densities and behave elusively. Its diet is unknown but assumed to be mostly carnivorous, and most records were made during the day. It tolerates people, is sometimes killed by villagers for medicine, food, fur or killing chickens, and is in some areas welcomed as a predator of crop-raiding rats. It is listed as Least Concern and is protected in peninsular Malaysia and Thailand because of local declines.
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The Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes) or Malay weasel is a weasel species native to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.
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The Malayan weasel is native to the Malay Peninsula from southern Thailand to peninsula Malaysia, and Sumatra and Borneo.
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The Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes) or Malay weasel is a weasel species native to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.
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It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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The Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes) or Malay weasel is a weasel species native to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo.
Section: Ecology and behavior
Their diet is unknown but assumed to be similar to other small weasels: mostly carnivorous, including small rodents, birds, eggs, and small reptiles.
Section: Ecology and behavior, activity pattern
Most records of the species occurred during the day, but more research is needed to determine whether Malayan weasels are also active nocturnally.
Section: Distribution and habitat
It is generally associated with tropical lowland forest, but has been recorded in habitats ranging from swamp and montane forests to plantations and high elevation montane scrub up to 1,700 m (5,600 ft).
Section: Relationship with humans
Malayan weasels are sometimes killed by villagers for medicinal use, food, trophy, fur, for killing chickens, and incidental by-catch in snares.
Section: Relationship with humans, relationship to people
Regardless, in some areas they are seen positively and allowed in villages as a predator of crop-raiding rats.
Section: Distribution and habitat, where it lives
The Malayan weasel is native to the Malay Peninsula from southern Thailand to peninsula Malaysia, and Sumatra and Borneo.
Conservation, population
Though overall numbers are stable, Malayan weasels are protected in peninsular Malaysia and Thailand due to local declines.
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