Japanese Stoat (Honshu ermine)
Mustela erminea nippon
Photo: Alpsdake / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The Honshu stoat is a small weasel of Honshu's high mountains, brown in summer and white in winter except for a black tail tip. It swiftly chases mice, small birds and other prey. It lives in limited areas such as the mountains of Nagano and is designated a Natural Monument of Nagano Prefecture.
- Scientific name
- Mustela erminea nippon
- Group
- Mammals
- Prefectures
- Nagano
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- Near ThreatenedMinistry of the Environment Red List 2020
- 日本語
- ホンドオコジョ
- 简体中文
- 本州白鼬（日本短尾鼬）
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The Japanese Stoat (Honshu ermine) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Nagano.
The Japanese Stoat (Honshu ermine) is listed as "Near Threatened" in the Ministry of the Environment Red List 2020 (listed as ホンドオコジョ).
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