Pradhan, Aditya (2022) Yellow-bellied Weasel Mustela kathiah preying on a rat Niviventer in Darjeeling, India. Small Carnivore Conservation, 60: e60006.
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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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Pradhan. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), permitting all non-commerical use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mustelidae, small mammal, small carnivore, diet, predation |
| Subjects: | A ATREE Publications > G Journal Papers |
| Divisions: | The Himalaya Initiative > The Himalaya Initiative |
| Depositing User: | Ms Library Staff |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2025 06:51 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2026 08:55 |
| URI: | http://archives.atree.org/id/eprint/1236 |
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