Haida ermine

Haida ermine
In winter coat

Threatened (COSEWIC)
(listed as Mustela erminea haidarum)

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
(for both celenda and seclusa subspecies; species as whole unranked)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Mustela
Species:
M. haidarum
Binomial name
Mustela haidarum
Preble, 1898
Subspecies

M. h. haidarum Preble, 1898
M. h. celenda Hall, 1944
M. h. seclusa Hall, 1944

Synonyms
  • Mustela erminea haidarum
  • Mustela erminea celenda
  • Mustela erminea seclusa
  • Neogale haidarum

The Haida ermine (Mustela haidarum) is a mustelid species endemic to a few islands off the Pacific Northwest of North America, namely Haida Gwaii in Canada and the southern Alexander Archipelago in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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