Other uses Taxobox image Mustela nivalis British Wildlife Centre 4.jpg image caption Least Weasel regnum ... Amazon Weasel Mustela africana br Mountain Weasel Mustela altaica br Ermine Mustela erminea br Steppe Polecat Mustela eversmannii br Colombian Weasel Mustela felipei br Long tailed Weasel Mustela frenata br Japanese Weasel Mustela itatsi br Yellow bellied Weasel Mustela kathiah br European Mink Mustela lutreola br Indonesian Mountain Weasel Mustela lutreolina br Black footed Ferret Mustela nigripes br Least Weasel Mustela nivalis br Malayan Weasel Mustela nudipes br European Polecat Mustela putorius br Siberian Weasel Mustela sibirica br Back striped Weasel Mustela strigidorsa br Egyptian Weasel Mustela subpalmata br Weasels IPAc en icon w i z l are mammal s forming the genus ... species of weasel and ferret s have been reported By whom date September 2009 to perform the mesmerizing weasel war dance , after fighting other creatures, or acquiring food from competing creatures ... neighbouring islands . Terminology The English language English word weasel was originally applied to one species of the genus, the Europe an form of the Least Weasel Mustela nivalis . This usage is retained .... It is thought that the name weasel comes from the Anglo Saxon root weatsop meaning a vicious bloodthirsty animal . However, in technical discourse and in American usage the term weasel can ... in the genus Mustela , ten have weasel in their common name. Among those that do not are the ermine ... Weasel Mustela africana Desmarest, 1800 Tropical weasel South America valign top Mountain Weasel Mustela altaica Pallas, 1811 Mountain weasel Europe & Northern Asia br Southern Asia valign top style background efefef Ermine Mustela erminea Linnaeus, 1758 Stoat br Ermine br Short tailed weasel Europe ... Asia valign top style background efefef Colombian Weasel Mustela felipei Izor and de la Torre, 1978 Colombian weasel South America valign top Long tailed Weasel Mustela frenata Lichtenstein, 1831 Long ... more details
Wiktionarypar weasel A weasel is a mammal of the genus Mustela , including The Tropical Weasel of north central South America The Mountain Weasel of eastern Asia The Colombian Weasel The Long tailed Weasel of North America, central America, and northern South America The Japanese Weasel The Yellow bellied Weasel of southeast Asia and the Himalayas The Indonesian Mountain Weasel The Least Weasel , Widespread thoughout the northern hemisphere, introduced to New Zeeland and Southern Asia The Malayan Weasel of the Malay peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and surounding islands The Siberian Weasel of Russia, China, Mongolia, Korea, and recently introduced into Japan The Back striped Weasel of south central Asia The Short tailed Weasel , more commonly called the Stoat, or, when in their white winter phase, the Ermine, widespead thoughout the northern hemisphere The Egyptian Weasel The term is also sometimes ..., including mink, polecats, and ferrets, the weasels . Weasel may also refer to In fiction Weasel comics , a fictional character in Marvel Comics Weasel DC Comics , the name of 2 DC Comics supervillains Weasel Farthing Wood a fictional character in The Animals of Farthing Wood franchise Weasel, a character in the Crusader game series Crusader game series I.M. Weasel, a character in the cartoon series I Am Weasel Wild Weasel G.I. Joe , a fictional character appearing in the G.I. Joe series and comic books In vehicles M29 Weasel , American tracked vehicle Wild Weasel , aircraft Weasel , one of the Owl class South Devon Railway 0 4 0 locomotives Other uses PC Weasel 2000 , computer graphics product A Spinners weasel , a mechanical yarn measuring device. Weasel program , simulation and thought experiment by Richard Dawkins Weasel word , an informal term for a rhetorical technique span class plainlinks selfreference & 8220 WP WEASEL Avoid weasel words ,& 8221 a Wikipedia editorial guideline ... as Weasel Dave Willson 1946 2009 , British actor also known as Weasel disambig ... more details
Image Spinner s Weasel.JPG thumb right Spinner s weasel left and spinning wheel right File Noe haspel.jpg thumb Spinner s weasel or clock reel is a mechanical yarn measuring device consisting of a spoked wheel with an internal ratcheting mechanism that clicks every two revolutions and makes a pop sound after the desired length of yarn is measured. ref D. D. Volo, Family Life in Seventeenth and Eighteenth century America Greenwood, 2006 , p. 264. ref This is also a possible source for the word weasel in the nursery rhyme Pop Goes the Weasel . ref Pop Goes the Weasel , The Phrase Finder, http www.phrases.org.uk meanings pop goes the weasel.html ref A handleheld reel with no counter is called a niddy noddy . References reflist Spinning Category Spinning textile arts stub ... more details
Other uses Weasel DC Comics Superherobox Wikipedia WikiProject Comics image Image Weasel2.jpg 250px caption Weasel. br Art by Reilly Brown . character name Weasel publisher Marvel Comics debut Deadpool ... aliases The Penetrator Penetraitor The House supports Deadpool powers Genius level intellect Weasel ... series 1 August 1993 . Weasel is a friend, sidekick, information broker and arms dealer for Deadpool . Although Weasel is perhaps Deadpool s best friend, Deadpool, because of his frequent mood swings and tenuous mental state, still often abuses or mistreats him, although Weasel has also displayed an opportunistic streak against his friend on occasion. Fictional character biography Weasel was once ... Jones . Weasel, then known by his birth name of Jack Hammer, was competing with Parker for a prestigious ... adopted the name of Weasel and turned to a life consisting of providing intelligence, weapons ... himself. It is during this period that Weasel from his perspective first met Deadpool in Canada ..., 2 ref Weasel quickly proved himself as an able informant and arms supplier to Deadpool and eventually ... . During this time, The Taskmaster abducted Weasel in order to procure his services. Initially allowing ... shortly before Taskmaster defeated Deadpool, Weasel revealed his confusion to both mercenaries due ... and told Weasel to relay that information to Deadpool. ref Deadpool V1, 7 ref In an effort to get in touch with his friend before the appointed showdown time, Weasel teleported to Deadpool s San ... Weasel later made repeated visits to her, Deadpool discovered him there and placed both him and Blind ... is almost impossible. This latest abuse was the breaking point Weasel decided to move on and left ... afterward, Weasel ran into an amnesiac Deadpool. He helped to restore Deadpool s memory and thus ... occurred after this point, with Deadpool sometimes asking for goods or working with Weasel. However, another breaking point came when Deadpool stood up for Weasel when he was found hacking into a computer ... more details
Taxobox status LC status system IUCN3.1 name Amazon Weasel image regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Carnivora familia Mustelidae subfamilia Mustelinae genus Mustela species M. africana binomial Mustela africana binomial authority Anselme Ga tan Desmarest Desmarest , 1818 range map Amazon Weasel area.png range map caption Amazon Weasel range The Amazon Weasel Mustela africana , also known as the Tropical Weasel , is a species of weasel that lives in the Amazon Rainforest in South America. It is rated Least Concern by the IUCN Red List. Despite its scientific name , it is not found in Africa. It is a shiny brown weasel with a white or cream belly with a brown stripe down the chest. The Amazon weasel measures 9.8 to 15 inches 25 38 cm. in length. It has a tail length of 3.9 7.9 inches 10 20 cm . The Amazon weasel is rarely seen and little is known about it. It is probably quite rare in the wild. Amazon weasels eat rodents and other small mammals. They make their homes in the stumps of hollow trees. There are two subspecies of the Amazon weasel Mustela africana africana Mustela africana stolzmanni References IUCN2008 assessors Emmons, L. & Helgen, K. year 2008 id 14025 title Mustela africana downloaded 6 March 2009 Emmons, L.H. 1997 . Neotropical Rainforest Mammals , 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press ISBN 0 226 20721 8 Carnivora M. Category Weasels Category Fauna of the Amazon Category Animals described in 1818 carnivora stub br Kaerell drovanel ca Mostela tropical de S damerikanische Wiesel es Mustela africana fr Mustela africana hr Tropska lasica it Mustela africana lv Amazones zebiekste pt Doninha amaz nica ru ... more details
Taxobox image Mustelasubpalmataskull.png image caption status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors McDonald, R. & Hoffmann, M. year 2008 id 41660 title Mustela subpalmata downloaded 21 March 2009 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern ref regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Carnivora familia Mustelidae subfamilia Mustelinae genus Mustela species M. subpalmata binomial Mustela subpalmata binomial authority Wilhelm Hemprich Hemprich & Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Ehrenberg , 1833 range map Egyptian Weasel area.png range map caption Egyptian Weasel range The Egyptian Weasel Mustela subpalmata is a species of weasel that lives in northern Egypt . It is rated Least Concern by the IUCN Red List. The Egyptian weasel has short legs, a small head, and small ears. Its tail is long and thin. The weasel has a broad snout. The upper part of the body is brown and the lower part is cream colored. The Egyptian weasel is so similar to the least weasel Mustela nivalis that it was only discovered to be a separate species as recently as 1992. The Egyptian weasel lives in the same places as humans, including cities and villages. It is mostly nocturnal . The female Egyptian weasel can have up to three litters a year. She gives birth to four to nine kits at a time. References reflist External links http www.nature.british towns.net nature 07 specie detail.asp?GetLSID 184173 Nature.british towns.net Carnivora M. Category Weasels Category Mammals of Egypt Category Animals described in 1833 carnivora stub br Kaerell Egipt ca Mostela d Egipte es Mustela subpalmata lv iptes zebiekste ... more details
Infobox Company company name Wicked Weasel company logo Image Wicked Weasel Logo.jpg 200px company type Proprietary company foundation 1994 location Byron Bay, New South Wales Byron Bay, Australia slogan revenue industry Retail products Swimwear, underwear homepage http wickedweasel.com wickedweasel.com Wicked Weasel is an Australian ref cite web last McCullagh first Declan title Police blotter Fired over Wicked Weasel photo url http news.cnet.com Police blotter Fired over Wicked Weasel photo 2100 1030 3 6141982.html publisher CNET Networks CNET News accessdate 2008 03 30 ref company that manufactures risque bikini swimwear and lingerie for women. ref cite web last Wicked Weasel Pty Ltd title About Wicked Weasel url http wickedweasel.com info publisher Wicked Weasel accessdate 2008 03 30 ref The company was founded in 1994 by Peter Gifford , formerly the bass player for Midnight Oil , ref name Huntington and named after his girlfriend s nickname. Initially, the company s products were trial marketed to Melbourne area strippers. The first store was opened in Cairns in 1995, and moved to Byron Bay the following year, where it the company has remained since. Additional stores at Bondi and in Melbourne were unsuccessful, and were closed in 1998. The following year, 1999, Wicked Weasel went online, the first Australian swimwear maker to do so. By 2003, it was the largest Australian retailer of clothing via the internet. ref http www.highbeam.com doc 1G1 104254026.html In ways of the web, those who bare, win . The Australian , June 25, 2003. HighBeam Research . Retrieved on 2009 07 27. ref As of 2007, the website receives over 100,000 unique visitors per day. ref name Huntington ... 2008 03 30 ref File Wicked Weasel white mesh bikini.jpg thumb right See through, white mesh bikini Wicked Weasel also publishes online pictures of women who wear their products as part of a contest ... Australia company stub business stub de Wicked Weasel ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name Screeching Weasel Img Img capt Background ... Current members Ben Weasel Past members Dan Vapid br Drew Fredrichsen br Justin Perkins ... Hill br Simon Lamb Screeching Weasel were an American punk rock band originally from Chicago , Illinois . The band was formed in 1986 by Ben Weasel and John Pierson musician John Jughead . Since their formation, Screeching Weasel have broken up and reformed numerous times with numerous line up changes. Ben Weasel has been the only constant member, though Jughead was present in every incarnation ... And Irritate People ref Screeching Weasel recorded 12 studio albums, splitting time between a number ... http music.yahoo.com ar 263692 bio Screeching Weasel title Screeching Weasel Biography on Yahoo Music ... himself Ben Weasel , while Pierson, a guitarist, dubbed himself John Jughead . The duo recruited ... called themselves All Night Garage Sale but changed their name to Screeching Weasel, a variation ... name Vinnie Bovine joined as the band s bassist. The band recorded their debut album, Screeching Weasel album Screeching Weasel , in one night for 200 and released it on Chicago label Underdog Records ... for two shows ref cite web url http www.myspace.com officialscreechingweasel title Screeching Weasel ... David Best and managed by Ben Weasel following an introduction of the two by producer Mass Giorgini . After what Weasel described as a disastrous tour, ref http weasels.littletype.com docs.ktm liner notes.php ... a second guitarist Doug Ward, who also joined the band for several live shows. Screeching Weasel disbanded ..., Sludgeworth . First reformation 1991 1994 After the break up, Weasel and Jughead formed a new ... . In 1991, the members of Screeching Weasel reunited for what was intended as a one off gig ... Weasel with Jughead. All of the band s members agreed to reform, with the exceptions of Brian ... recording their next album, 1991 s My Brain Hurts for Lookout Records , Ben Weasel decided that he ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Weasel Mania Type Compilation Album Artist Screeching Weasel Cover Released 2005 Recorded 1988 2000 Genre Punk rock , pop punk Length Label Fat Wreck Chords Producer Reviews All Music Guide Last album Teen Punks in Heat br 2000 This album Weasel Mania br 2005 Weasel Mania is a compilation album from the Chicago punk rock band Screeching Weasel . It was released on Fat Wreck Chords in 2005. The album title is an homage to the Ramones album Ramones Mania . Track listing All songs written by Ben Weasel except I Wanna Be a Homosexual by Ben Weasel John Pierson musician John Jughead Dan Vapid , Hey Suburbia written by Ben Weasel Jughead, and She s Giving Me the Creeps written by Ben Weasel Danny Vapid. My Right Ashtray Supermarket Fantasy Hey Suburbia Cindy s on Methadone My Brain Hurts What We Hate The Science of Myth She s Giving Me the Creeps I Wanna Be a Homosexual Jeannie s Got a Problem with Her Uterus Joanie Loves Johnny Peter Brady Totally Leather Jacket Every Night Planet of the Apes 99 I Wrote Holden Caulfield Phasers on Kill You Blister My Paint Cool Kids The First Day of Summer Racist Society Dummy Up Pervert at Large Speed of Mutation My Own World Video Sidewalk Warrior Static Bottom of the 9th Gotta Girlfriend You re the Enemy Tracks 1 4 from Boogadaboogadaboogada Tracks 5 8 from My Brain Hurts Tracks 9 10 from Kill the Musicians Tracks 11 12 from Wiggle album Wiggle Tracks 13 16 from Anthem for a New Tomorrow Tracks 17 19 from How to Make Enemies and Irritate People Tracks 20 23 from Bark Like a Dog Track 24 from Major Label Debut Tracks 25 27 from Television City Dream Track 28 from Return of the Read Menace Track ... 32 34 from Teen Punks in Heat Credits Ben Weasel lead vocals, guitar on tracks 1 4, 13 23, and 29 ... on tracks 32 34 Screeching Weasel Category 2005 compilation albums Category Screeching Weasel compilation albums it Weasel Mania ... more details
lead too short date June 2010 Infobox Weapon image file M29 Weasel 2.jpg 300px origin USA type is vehicle yes length convert 10 ft 6 in m abbr on width convert 5 ft m abbr on later convert 5 ft 6 in m abbr on height convert 4 ft 3 in m abbr on convert 5 ft 11 in m abbr on to top of windscreen weight ... Studebaker Model 6 170 Champion engine power convert 70 hp kW abbr on pw ratio crew 4 The M29 Weasel ... cite web url http www.realmilitaryflix.com public 441.cfm title OSS Briefing Film The Weasel work Real Military Flix accessdate 2009 01 28 ref Design and development file M29 Weasel Arctic USArmyTransMuseum.jpg thumb left M29C Weasel in Arctic finish, U.S. Army Transportation Museum display The idea for the Weasel came from the work of British inventor Geoffrey Pyke in support of his proposals to attack ... convert 20 in mm abbr on . The M29C Water Weasel was the amphibious version, with buoyancy cells in the bow ... G179 M29C with float tanks. M29C Type A center mounted M20 recoilless rifle 75 mm on Weasel ... rifle on Weasel M29C Type C center mounted 37 mm Gun M3 on Weasel Specification stack file M29 Weasel 1.jpg thumb MC29 Weasel in parking lot of Holiday Inn in Omaha file M29 Weasel 3.jpg thumb MC29 Weasel file M 29C Water Weasel.jpg thumb MC29 Weasel General Crew 4 Weight fighting convert 4451 ... Weasel journal Military Vehicles Magazine volume 1, 2 & 3 cite journal title Studebaker M29 Weasel ... Museum title M 29 weasel url http www.transchool.eustis.army.mil museum weasel.htm accessdate 2007 ... M29 UST24 Weasel publisher Autogallery.org.ru date accessdate 2010 06 29 cite web url http www.olive drab.com idphoto id photos m29.php3 title M 28 M 29 WEASEL AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE publisher Olive drab.com ... E. J. Hardig http museellgmdetosny.free.fr uk Weasel M29C Jean Erisay Museum of Tosny Normandy France ... II armored fighting vehicles of the United States Category Studebaker vehicles de M29 Weasel fr M29 Weasel it M29 Weasel nl M29 Weasel no M29 Weasel pl M29 Weasel ... more details
see Wild Weasel G.I. Joe . Image F 4G Phantom II wild weasel.jpg thumb 300px An F 4G with WW payload ... Standard ARM and AGM 45 Shrike , circa 1981. Image Wild Weasels patch.jpg thumb Wild Weasel patch A Wild Weasel is an aircraft usually United States Air Force specially equipped with radar seeking missiles ... 32795 5 page 188 url http books.google.com.au books?id NmPcWqPJySgC&pg PA118&lpg PA118&dq wild weasel ... SAASS Out Hewitt hewitt.pdf Planting the seeds of SEAD The Wild Weasel in Vietnam . School of Advanced ... 5 October 2009. ref Wild Weasel tactics & techniques were first developed in the Vietnam War ... 12, 1965, the term Wild Weasel derives from Project Wild Weasel, the USAF development program ..., the task of a Wild Weasel aircraft is to bait enemy anti aircraft warfare anti aircraft defenses ... allowing the Weasel or its teammates to precisely target it for destruction. A simple analogy is playing ... Wild Weasel I The Wild Weasel concept was originally proposed in 1965 as a method of countering ... seat F model of the F 100 Super Sabre . While an effective airframe, the F 100F Wild Weasel did not have the performance characteristics to survive in a high threat environment. Wild Weasel II and III The Wild Weasel role was then passed in the summer of 1966 in aviation 1966 to the F 105 Thunderchief EF 105F Thunderchief . The F 105 Wild Weasel II was a better platform for this role and was equipped ... s were outfitted that could seek out radar emplacements. The F 105F Wild Weasel II was eventually replaced by the F 105G Wild Weasel III variant 61 F 105F units were upgraded to F 105G specifications. Wild Weasel IV The F 105 had gone out of production by 1964. With severe combat attrition of the F ... F 4 Phantom II F 4C Phantom II aircraft, designated EF 4C Wild Weasel IV. Wild Weasel V The F 4E, the most ... the basis for the F 4G Wild Weasel V also known as the Advanced Wild Weasel . This modification consisted ... specifically outfitted for the SEAD role. The Wild Weasel mission is now assigned to the F 16 Fighting ... more details
Orphan date October 2010 Weasel Hill coor dm 64 15 S 59 33 W is a small distinctive elevation in the ice piedmont 5 miles north of Larsen Inlet , Graham Land , between Pyke and Polaris Glaciers . Mapped from surveys by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey FIDS 1960 61 . Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place Names Committee UK APC . after the M 29 Tracked Cargo Carrier , or Weasel, manufactured by the Studebaker Corporation . usgs gazetteer Category Geography of Antarctica WAntarctica geo stub ... more details
This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Malayan Weasel image status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors Duckworth, J.W. & Kanchanasaka, B. year 2008 id 41657 title Mustela nudipes downloaded 21 March 2009 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern ref regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Carnivora familia Mustelidae genus Mustela species M. nudipes binomial Mustela nudipes binomial authority Anselme Ga tan Desmarest Desmarest , 1822 synonyms range map Malayan Weasel area.png range map caption Malayan Weasel range The Malayan weasel Mustela nudipes is a species of weasel . It lives in Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , and Thailand . It is rated Least Concern by the IUCN Red List. Malayan weasels have a body length of 12 14 inches 30 36 cm. and a tail length of 9.4 to 10.2 inches 24 26 cm. . The body is reddish brown to grayish white. The head is a much lighter color than the rest of the body. There is no hair on the soles of the feet around the pads. Not much is known about its breeding habits, but a litter of four has been recorded. There are two subspecies of the Malayan weasel M. n.nudipes M. n. leucocephalus References reflist Carnivora M. Category Weasels Category Animals described in 1822 Category Carnivora of Malaysia Category Mammals of Brunei Category Fauna of Sumatra Category Mammals of Borneo Category Mammals of Indonesia carnivora stub br Kaerell Malaysia ca Mostela de peus nus de Nacktfu wiesel es Mustela nudipes it Mustela nudipes lv Malaizijas zebiekste hu Mal j meny t ms Pulasan Tanah sv Barfotsvessla ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name Ben Weasel Img Ben weasel2.jpg Img capt ... punk Occupation Years active 1986&ndash present Label Associated acts Screeching Weasel , The Riverdales , The Vindictives URL Current members Past members Notable instruments Ben Weasel born Benjamin Foster is a punk rock musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of bands Screeching Weasel and The Riverdales . He is also co host of Weasel Radio , a weekly radio show formerly on ESPN 1070 ... Paul first Aubin title Ben Weasel relaunches Weasel Radio as Podcast publisher Punknews.org date ... Roman Catholic . ref Cite news last McDonald first Jim title Ben Weasel Interview publisher 1340 Mag ... movie theater, and formed the band Screeching Weasel with co worker John Jughead John Pierson . After an initial break up in 1989, Screeching Weasel broke up for a second time in 1994. Following ... Weasel again in 1996. The band lasted until 2001 before breaking up again. On March 27, 2009, Foster announced he was reforming Screeching Weasel. He and Danny Vapid are the only returning members ... Weasel performance. The first woman had thrown an ice cube at Foster, and following Foster ... 2011 Screeching Weasel reluctantly performs, show ends in a scuffle publisher Los Angeles Times date March 19, 2011 url http latimesblogs.latimes.com music blog 2011 03 sxsw 2011 screeching weasel ... title Ben Weasel apologizes to fan, club owner and band for actions at SXSW publisher Punknews.org ... website BenWeasel.com ref Cite web last Foster first Ben title Screeching Weasel At SXSW publisher benweasel.com date March 19, 2011 url http www.benweasel.com 2011 03 20 screeching weasel at sxsw accessdate ... title The Soviettes, Chinese Telephones, Teenage Bottlerocket drop from Weasel Fest publisher Punknews.org ... On March 23, 2011 the other four members of Screeching Weasel all resigned from the band citing the SXSW incident as the reason. ref Cite news last Paul first Aubin title Screeching Weasel members resign ... more details
Taxobox name Patagonian weasel image Lyncodon patagonicus1.jpg image size 220px image caption Mounted specimen at Museum of Patagonia status DD status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Carnivora familia Mustelidae genus Lyncodon genus authority Paul Gervais Gervais , 1845 species L. patagonicus binomial Lyncodon patagonicus binomial authority Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville de Blainville , 1842 subdivision ranks Subspecies subdivision L. p. patagonicus small de Blainville, 1842 small L. p. thomasi small Cabrera, 1928 small synonyms Mustela patagonica small de Blainville, 1842 small range map Patagonian Weasel area.png range map caption Patagonian Weasel range The Patagonian Weasel Lyncodon patagonicus is a small mustelid that is the only member of the genus Lyncodon . Its geographic range is the Pampas of western Argentina and sections of Chile . An early mention of the animal is in the Journal of Syms Covington , who sailed with Charles Darwin on his epic voyage aboard the HMS Beagle . Description The Patagonian Weasel has a head and body length of 300 350 Milimeter mm 11.8 13.8 inch es , with a 60 90 mm 2.4 3.5 in tail. Its fur is whitish with black and dark brown tones mixed in. It has small ear s, short leg s and a bushy tail. The animal has not been thoroughly studied in the wild, and knowledge of its behavior al patterns is unsure. It reportedly has been kept as a working pet by local ranchers to destroy rodents. Sources wikispecies Lyncodon IUCN2008 assessors Kelt, D. & Pardinus, U. year 2008 id 41647 title Lyncodon patagonicus downloaded 6 March 2009 http animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu site accounts information Lyncodon patagonicus.html Behaviour of the Patagonian weasel http www.terrambiente.org fauna Mammiferi carnivora mustelidae images lyncodon patagonicus.jpg Picture of a Patagonian Weasel http www.bucknell.edu msw3 browse.asp?id 14001199 Lyncodon patagonicus at Mammal Species of the World Third ... more details
refimprove date December 2007 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name Da Weasel image Da Weasel.jpg imagesize 260px caption Landscape Background group or band Origin Almada , Portugal Genre Hip Hop br Rock music Rock Years active 1993 2010 Label EMI URL http daweaselonline.com daweaselonline.com Current members Pacman br Virgul br Jay Jay br Quaresma br Guilherme Silva br DJ Glue Past members Yen Sung br Armando Teixeira musician Armando Teixeira Da Weasel was a Portugal Portuguese hip hop music hip hop band from Almada , fronted by MC s Pacman and Virgul. They were one ... from hard rock , pop music pop and ska . Da Weasel s first release was the extended play EP More ... main MC Pacman. Da Weasel also went on tour for the first time. In 1999, after taking part in Mario Caldato Jr. s Tejo Beat compilation and the Xutos & Pontap s tribute album XX Anos XX Bandas , Da Weasel ... release sales enough to grant them a second silver. Da Weasel also served as a warm up act to Red Hot ... Fugir Mas N o Te Podes Esconder in 2001. Da Weasel s work now blended influences from hip hop, heavy ... Da Weasel reinvent themselves on their latest album, Re Defini es , a deeply thought out piece ..., with over 80,000 copies sold, making it Da Weasel s best selling album. In 2005 the band reached ... performance. In 2006 Da Weasel publishes a Track named Play Up inspired by the statement of Bob .... On April 2, 2007, Da Weasel released their latest album intitled Amor, Esc rnio e Maldizer . It reached ... with their first album in 1993, Da Weasel won the newspapers Band of the Year award with Dou lhe Com ... in 1997. At the MTV Europe Music Awards 2004 2004 MTV Europe Music Awards Da Weasel won the award for Best Portuguese Act . At the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards Da Weasel won the award for Best Portuguese Act . External links http www.daweaselonline.com Da Weasel official ... winners de Da Weasel es Da Weasel fr Da Weasel pt Da Weasel fi Da Weasel ... more details
taxobox name Weasel s snout image Misopates orontium1.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Asterids ordo Lamiales familia Scrophulariaceae genus Misopates species M. orontium binomial Misopates orontium binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus L. Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Schmaltz Raf. synonyms Antirrhinum orontium Weasel s Snout Misopates orontium is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Scrophulariaceae . It is a native of disturbed ground in Europe . It is also naturalised as a weed in other parts of the world such as North America . The pink flowers resemble a miniature Snapdragon and are followed by a hairy green fruit which is said to resemble a weasel s snout. Also called Lesser Snapdragon or Calf s Snout. External links http www.arableplants.fieldguide.co.uk ?PP species account&SPID 86&SHC 4&PSD 1 Comprehensive profile for Misopates orontium from the website Arable Plants A Field Guide Category Scrophulariaceae Lamiales stub fr Muflier des champs nl Akkerleeuwenbek ... more details
Taxobox name Mountain Weasel image Mountain Weasel Mustela altaica .jpg status NT status system IUCN3.1 ... Mustela altaica binomial authority Peter Simon Pallas Pallas , 1811 range map Mountain Weasel area.png range map caption Mountain Weasel range Natural history The Mountain Weasel Mustela altaica ,also known as the pale weasel, Altai weasel or solongoi, is a species of weasel that prefer to live ... sexual dimorphism between the sexes of the Altai weasel. ref name King1989 cite book author King, Carolyn ... their lifetimes like most other mammals and animals. The mountain weasel breeds once a year. Males ... under a year of age. ref name King1989 Behavior The mountain weasel is capable of climbing, running ... quick but light on their feet. They move with ease and are nimble. The Altai weasel is generally ... could include wolves and foxes. However, the Altai weasel is a fierce animal and does not go down ... of these animals is about 7 10 years. Threats Some threats that caused the weasel to be considered ... habitats for the weasel and also adds other dangers such as roads and cars that can run over or hit the animal. Overgrazed land is also a main concern. The land on which weasel lives and hunts ... causes the prey of the weasel to diminish because they have no hiding spots to make home and the food ... can poison the animals that eat the prey such as the weasel. Conservation Conservation is the act or intention ... such as the Altai weasel. Another important issue with conservation is to the message out to public ... the trade of that animal to safeguard resources for the future. The mountain weasel is also ... weasel in the country of Kazakhstan . The West Altai State Nature Reserve was created to preserve and protect ... in Kazakhstan and includes about 52 species of mammals including the Altai weasel and also the food of the weasel, the pika. ref name OrexCA2009 cite web title West Altai State Nature Reserve url ... to be a specific conservation strategy or program dedicated to the Altai weasel there are many other ... more details
Taxobox name Least Weasel fossil range Late Pleistocene Recent image Mustela nivalis British Wildlife Centre 4.jpg image caption Middle European weasel Mustela nivalis vulgaris at the British Wildlife ... binomial authority Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1766 range map Least Weasel area.png range map caption Least Weasel range The least weasel Mustela nivalis is the smallest member of the Mustelidae as well ... and presumably large population. ref name iucn Despite its small size, the least weasel is a fierce ... the genus Mustela , the least weasel is a relatively unspecialised form, as evidenced by its pedomorphism ... Kurt n 1968 pp 102 103 ref The least weasel is the product of a process begun 5 7 million years ..., burrowing rodents. The weasel s ancestors were larger than the current form, and underwent a reduction in size to exploit the new food source. The least weasel thrived during the Ice Age , as its ... Harvnb Macdonald 1992 p 205 ref Subspecies The least weasel has a high geographic variation, a fact ... weasel subspecies are divided into 3 categories ref name s975 Harvnb Heptner Sludskii 2002 pp ... Subspecies Trinomial authority Description Range Synonyms Common weasel br Mustela n. nivalis Nominate ... , Wisconsin Transcaucasian weasel br Mustela n. boccamela Bechstein, 1800 A very large subspecies ... Stone, 1900 Alaska Turkmenian weasel br Mustela n. heptneri Morozova Turova, 1953 A very large subspecies ... Dag , Afghanistan and northeastern Iran Korean weasel br Mustela n. mosanensis Mori, 1927 Korean Peninsula Japanese weasel br Mustela n. namiyei Kuroda, 1921 Japan Mustela n. numidica Pucheran, 1855 North African weasel br Mustela n. numidica Pucheran, 1855 Morocco , Algeria , Malta , Azores Islands ... weasel br Mustela n. pallida Barrett Hamilton, 1900 A medium sized subspecies with a tail constituting ... and perhaps in the extreme eastern parts of Hindukush Siberian least weasel br Mustela n. pygmaea J ... China small kamtschatica Dybowksi, 1922 small Bangs weasel br Mustela n. rixosa Bangs, 1896 The smallest ... more details
Orphan date October 2010 Weasel Gap coor dm 70 11 S 64 39 E is a gap with a neve surface and a low gradient offering a feasible north south route between Mount Starlight and Mount Lacey in the Athos Range , Prince Charles Mountains . Sighted in November 1955 by an ANARE Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions party led by J.M. Bechervaise . Named after the tracked vehicles used by ANARE. usgs gazetteer Category Geography of Antarctica EAntarctica geo stub ... more details
Taxobox name Colombian Weasel status VU status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors Emmons, L. & Helgen, K. year 2008 id 14026 title Mustela felipei downloaded 21 March 2009 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of vulnerable ref image image width image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia subclassis Theria infraclassis Eutheria ordo Carnivora familia Mustelidae subfamilia Mustelinae genus Mustela species M. felipei binomial Mustela felipei binomial authority Robert J. Izor Izor and Luis de la Torre mammalogist de la Torre , 1978 range map Colombian Weasel area.png range map caption Colombian Weasel range Colombian Weasel Mustela felipei , also known as Don Felipe s Weasel , is a very rare species of weasel only known with certainty from the departments of Huila Department Huila and Cauca Department Cauca in Colombia ref name Eisenberg Cite book last Eisenberg first John Frederick authorlink coauthors Redford, Kent Hubbard title Mammals of the Neotropics The Central Neotropics Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil vol. 3 publisher University of Chicago Press date 1999 location Chicago pages 624 url http books.google.com books?id p2MDAzCeQQoC&source gbs navlinks s doi id isbn 9780226195421 ref and nearby northern Ecuador where only known from a single specimen . ref name iucn Both its scientific name scientific and alternative common name honours the mammalogist Philip Hershkovitz Philip Don Felipe Hershkovitz . ref Izor, R. J., and L. de la Torre. 1978. A New Species of Weasel Mustela from the Highlands of Colombia, with Comments on the Evolution and Distribution of South American Weasels. Journal of Mammalogy. Vol. 59 1 92 102 ref It has a head and body length of about 22 cm 8,6 in , and a tail of about 11 cm 4,3 in . ref name Eisenberg The upperparts and tail are blackish brown, while the underparts are orange Buff colour buff . The fur is fairly long. ref name Walker It appears to be largely ... more details
Taxobox name Japanese Weasel image Mustela itatsi.JPG status LC status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors Abramov, A. & Wozencraft, C. year 2008 id 41656 title Mustela itatsi downloaded 21 March 2009 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern ref regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Carnivora familia Mustelidae subfamilia Mustelinae genus Mustela species M. itatsi binomial Mustela itatsi binomial authority Coenraad Jacob Temminck Temminck , 1844 range map Japanese Weasel area.png range map caption Japanese Weasel range br blue native, red introduced The Japanese Weasel Mustela itatsi is a carnivore carnivorous mammal belonging to the genus Mustela in the family Mustelidae . It is native to Japan where it occurs on the islands of Honsh , Ky sh and Shikoku . ref name Masuda Masuda, Ryuichi & Michihiro C. Yoshida 1994 http www.jstage.jst.go.jp article jmammsocjapan 19 1 33 pdf Nucleotide sequence variation in Cytochrome b genes in three species of weasels Mustela itatsi , Mustela sibirica and Mustela nivalis , detected by improved PCR product direct sequencing technique , Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan , 19 1 33 43. ref It has been introduced species introduced to Hokkaid and the Ryukyu Islands to control rodents and has also been introduced to Sakhalin island in Russia . ref name Kodansha Kodansha 1993 Japan an illustrated encyclopedia , Kodansha, Tokyo. ref ref name Wilson Wilson, Don E. & DeeAnn M. Reeder eds. 2005 http www.bucknell.edu msw3 browse.asp?id 14001424 Mustela itatsi , http www.bucknell.edu msw3 Mammal Species of the World , 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press. ref It is often classified as a subspecies of the Siberian Weasel M. sibirica . The two species are very similar in appearance but differ in the ratio of tail length to head and body ... Weasel has been introduced. ref name Masuda Adult males of the Japanese Weasel can reach 35 ... more details
? br Polonius By the mass, and tis like a camel, indeed. br Hamlet Methinks it is like a weasel . The weasel program , Dawkins nowiki nowiki weasel , or the Dawkins weasel is a thought experiment and a variety ... works of Shakespeare but just the short sentence Methinks it is like a weasel , and we shall make ... phrase, all equally as improbable as Dawkins s chosen target, METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL . A computer ... of the universe to run, that the program would ever produce the phrase METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL ... the target phrase, METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL. By repeating the procedure, a randomly generated ... METHINKS IT IS LIKE I WEASEL tt Generation 43 tt METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL tt Dawkins continues quote The exact ... A WEASEL. Life isn t like that. Evolution has no long term goal. There is no long distance target ... criticism date November 2010 image Dawkins Weasel.png thumb A full run of a weasel program, with 100 ... incorrect the program does not lock correct characters. Dawkins s weasel program has been the subject ... http creation.com weasel words creation magazine critique of dawkins ref or date April 2010 It is often ... . In Climbing Mount Improbable , Dawkins responded to the limitations of the Weasel program by describing ... code for his program, a Weasel style algorithm could run as follows. Start with a random string ... replaced with a random character. Compare each new string with the target METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL ... wiki Evolutionary algorithm Many examples of Weasel programs in various computer languages http home.pacbell.net s max scott weasel.html The Weasel Applet the weasel program written in Java http vlab.infotech.monash.edu.au simulations evolution richard dawkin weasel Dawkin s Weasel demo applet in Monash ... CF011 1 Dawkins WEASEL simulation http damian.peterson.net.nz 2011 03 18 methinks it is still like a weasel An open sourced, HTML Javascript web based version by Damian Peterson DEFAULTSORT Weasel Program ... more details
Infobox musical artist Name Weasel Walter Img Img capt Background non vocal instrumentalist Birth name Christopher Todd Walter Origin Rockford, Illinois , United States Genre Avant garde jazz br Free jazz br Punk jazz Years active 1991 present Label Skin Graft Records br ugEXPLODE Records br Troubleman Unlimited Associated acts The Flying Luttenbachers br XBXRX br Lake of Dracula br Behold... The Arctopus br Zs band Zs URL Weasel Walter born Christopher Todd Walter in Rockford, Illinois is a composer and instrumentalist who founded the band The Flying Luttenbachers in Chicago in 1991 with late jazz cult figure Hal Russell and is a current member of Cellular Chaos, Zs band Zs and Behold...The Arctopus . Over the years, The Flying Luttenbachers included noted Chicago musicians such as Ken Vandermark , Jeb Bishop , Fred Lonberg Holm , Dylan Posa , while creating an uncompromising and mercurial body of abstract music drawing equally from no wave , death metal , free jazz , gamelan , noise music , hardcore punk and modern classical . Walter moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003, where he formed the latest of many Luttenbachers lineups, remaining on percussion with the addition of bassist Mike Green Burmese band Burmese , and virtuoso guitarist Ed Rodriguez ex Colossamite , Gorge Trio . Singular guitar phenomenon Mick Barr Octis , Orthrelm joined the group in 2005. The Flying Luttenbachers ... his own name, currently he is a member of Burmese band Burmese . On November 25, 2009, Weasel Walter ... Trades Weasel Walter sneezes and a new song comes to life author J. Niimi date 2007 03 14 publisher ... weasel walter Official Website http nowave.pair.com weasel walter ww discography.html Official Discography Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Walter, Weasel ALTERNATIVE NAMES ..., Weasel Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category Jazz composers US composer stub fr Weasel Walter ... more details
Selfref For the term weasel word in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia Avoid weasel words . Weasel words is an informal ... DictionaryResults.aspx?refid 1861711798 weasel words ref for words and phrases aimed at creating ... claim has been communicated. For example, an advertisement may use a weasel phrase such as up ... of the advertisement. The use of weasel words to avoid making an outright assertion is a synonym ... Merrian Webster Weasel, verb ref Weasel words can imply meaning far beyond the claim actually being ... Language Features of English Advertisement , Asian Social Science , March 2007, p109 ref Some weasel ... ref Origin The expression weasel word derives from the egg eating habits of weasel s. ref Theodore ... that turn out to be empty upon analysis are known as weasel words . The expression first appeared in Stewart ... they were referred to as words that suck the life out of the words next to them, just as a weasel ... of Weasel Words ref Winston Churchill wrote The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes ... defects as a nation is a tendency to use ... weasel words when one weasel word is used ... after another ..., you thought of another example of weasel words, of which there are infinite. Good for you ... at before it can be decided that it is a weasel term. salign source A 2009 study of Wikipedia found that most weasel words in it could be divided into three categories ref Viola Ganter and Michael ... an authority e.g. it is said Adverbs that detensify e.g. often , probably Other forms of weasel ... in English to weasel away from blame. A passive construction occurs when the object of an action is made ..., and it might be impossible to predict where these votes are to come from. For a statement to be a weasel ... . Examples of weasel words using the middle voice are It stands to reason that most people will be better ... using the middle voice are necessarily weasel words. The above sentence It stands to reason ... thousands of sources then the passive is perfectly alright. In business Weasel words may be used ... more details
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