Mustela Collection

Mustela nivalis, least weasel
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Honey badger, Mellivora capensis, and least weasel, Mustela nivalis.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816

Ferret (Bewick)
Mustela furo. A kind of polecat, used by hunters to drive rabbits from their burrows

Least weasel, red panda and bearcat
Least weasel, Mustela nivalis 1, red panda, Ailurus fulgens 2, vulnerable, and bearcat, Arctictis binturong 3, vulnerable

Damselfish and climbing perch
Damselfish, Chromis chromis 1, and climbing perch, Anabas testudineus 2. Pesce Rondinino o Rondine di mare, Anaba arrampicatore

Jaguarundi and grey-headed tayra
Jaguarundi, Puma yagouaroundi, and grey-headed tayra, Eira barbara. From Felix de Azaras Voyages dans l Amerique Meridionale

Marten, beech marten and stoat
Marten, Martes martes 1, beech marten, Martes foina 2, and stoat or ermine, Mustela erminea 3. Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Illustrated Natural History of Men

European badger, Meles meles, and European pine marten, Martes martes. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Meunier from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire

Kinkajou, Potos flavus, and European otter, Lutra lutra. Handcolored engraving by Fournier from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History), Paris

Weasel, Mustela nivalis (Mustela vulgaris). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Ermine, Mustela erminea, in white winter coat
Ermine or stoat, Mustela erminea, in white winter coat. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Ermine, Mustela erminea, in summer coat
Ermine or stoat, Mustela erminea, in summer coat. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

European polecat, Mustela putorius, with eel in its mouth. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Golden lion tamarin (endangered, alpine marmot and ferret
Golden lion tamarin, Leontopithecus rosalia, endangered 1, alpine marmot, Marmota marmota 2 and den, and ferret or polecat, Mustela putorius 3. Marikina, marmotte, marte putois

Fivebeard rockling, Ciliata mustela (Five-bearded cod fish, Gadus mustela). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

Sea otter, Enhydra lutris. Endangered. (Sea otter, white eared variety, Mustela lutris.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward

Yellow-throated marten, Martes flavigula (White-eared weasel, Mustela leucotis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward

Tayra, Eira barbara (Taira, Mustela barbara). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith of a specimen in Paris Museum from Edward Griffiths

Weasel, stoat, ermine, polecat, ferret, marten and sable.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Weasel in white winter fur - adult (Mustela nivalis). common predator in taiga-forests, Russia

Five-Bearded and Four-Bearded Rockling
Five-Bearded Rockling (Ciliata mustela) and Four-Bearded Rockling (Enchelyopus cimbrius). Date: 1864

Ermine, Mustela erminea.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802) published by Harrison

Ermined weasel, Mustela erminea.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802)

Forkbeard, Phycis phycis, and fivebeard rockling, Ciliata mustela.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

Ermine with prey (lemming) in abandoned winter hut (a typical habitat for ermines) (Mustela erminea). near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Typical species along the Kara Sea coast. Summer, August

Weasel - in white winter fur, adult; common predator in taiga-forests (Mustela nivalis). Siberia, Russia

POLECAT
(mustela putorious) This lucky European Polecat has just caught a lovely fat worm. Date: circa 1860

Mustela putorius, European polecat
Plate 32 from the Collection of Watercolour Drawings of British Vertebrates, 1830-1841, by William MacGillivray (1796-1851)

Mustela
Ff. 7. Mustela Galerva. Drawing by George Forster (1754-1794), made during Captain Cooks second voyage of discovery, 1772-1775

Fur / Sable
This is the Japanese Sable : also known as zibeline, (mustela zibelina) it is found and hunted in Canada and Russia

Bewick / Weasel - 2
(mustela nivalis) - The weasel eats pretty well anything it can catch : this one has been clever enough to catch a bird

Bewick / Weasel
(mustela nivalis - Buffon called it La belette) A widespread but narrow-headed (for ease when burrowing) mustelid very like the stoat

Otter (Bewick)
mustela lutra : le loutre, according to Buffon. Loved by some, hunted by others, the otter lives a marginal existence in and out of water

Wolverine / Glutton
Also known to Americans as a CARCAJOU. Mustela gudo. Buffon calls it a glutton

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