Bioacoustics of Mustela nivalis

Species

40 recordings

Account

What the sources say about this taxon, as written.

activity · Plazi

Activity patterns. Active day and night. The high-energy requirements of Least Weasels mean that they have to be constantly active, so active and rest periods occur in rapid succession. However, the timing and extent of their daily activity is related to the activity patterns of their prey. Least Weasels may spend the whole winter under snow. Den/ rest sites are in prey burrows, in rock piles, or in other well-concealed sites. Vocalizations in captive animals consist of a repertoire of five different sounds, including a chirp, a hiss, a trill, a squeal, and a squeak.

this account at Plazi

Recordings

40 in audioBlast.

iNat278694957 Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
Philippa Holdridge 2025-05-04 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat311090270 Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
Олександр Гриб 2025-09-02 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat312442968 Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
nopelm 2025-09-08 iNaturalist listen › record
Mustela nivalis - defence call
30 s
Tembrock, Günter 1959-11-01 TSA listen › record
XC1146321 Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis) - uncertain
33 s
Jose Manuel Unanue 2026-06-13 xeno-canto listen › record
XC1152173 Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis) - call
78 s
david m 2026-06-29 xeno-canto listen › record
XC1152172 Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis) - call
112 s
david m 2026-06-29 xeno-canto listen › record
iNat39569346 Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
karsten_s 2020-03-05 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat278694957 Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
Philippa Holdridge 2025-05-04 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat311090270 Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
Олександр Гриб 2025-09-02 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat312442968 Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
nopelm 2025-09-08 iNaturalist listen › record
Mustela nivalis - defence call
30 s
Tembrock, Günter 1959-11-01 TSA listen › record

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The rows audioBlast holds for this taxon, each matched to the same Catalogue of Life node. Where a source classifies it differently, its own classification is kept.

SourceIts nameIts rankIts familyRecord
TSAMustela nivalisSpecies—TSA/Mustela nivalis
PlaziMustela nivalisSpeciesMustelidaePlazi/Mustela nivalis
iNaturalistMustela nivalisSpeciesMustelidaeiNaturalist/569428
xeno-cantoMustela nivalisSpecies—xeno-canto/Mustela nivalis

Machine-readable

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