The Amazon Weasel is a little-known mustelid of Amazonian South America, included here as it may have peripheral representation in far eastern Panama. It is reddish-brown with pale underparts and inhabits humid tropical forest. It is one of the least-known and least-studied mustelid species in the Americas.
Habitat
Humid tropical forests of South America and potentially Panama
Diet
Small mammals, birds, and reptiles
How common
Very rare
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