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Weasel (Putorius nivalis/Mustela vulgaris), the smallest European carnivore, 1828. Often confused with its larger relative the stoat (Mustela erminea), a confusion expressed in the English country saying A Stoat is weasily recognised, whereas a Weasel is stoatally different. From British Quadrupeds by William MacGillivray, one of the volumes in William Jardine's Naturalist's Library series. (Edinburgh, 1828).