குறுவால் மரநாய்
{{Taxobox
 | name = குறுவால் மரநாய்
 | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
 | status_ref = &lt;ref name=iucn&gt;{{IUCN2008|assessor=Reid, F.|assessor2=Helgen, K.|last-assessor-amp=yes |year=2008|id=29674|title=Mustela erminea|downloaded=21 March 2009}} Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern&lt;/ref&gt;
 | image = Mustela erminea upright.jpg
 | regnum = [[விலங்கு]]
 | phylum = [[முதுகுநாணி]]
 | classis = [[பாலூட்டி]]
 | ordo = [[ஊனுண்ணி]]
 | familia = Mustelidae
 | subfamilia = Mustelinae
 | genus = ''Mustela''
 | species = '''''M. erminea'''''
 | binomial = ''Mustela erminea''
 | binomial_authority = [[கரோலஸ் லின்னேயஸ்|லின்னேயஸ்]], 1758
 | range_map = Stoat area.png
 | range_map_caption = பரவல்&lt;br&gt;(பச்சை—பூர்வீகம், சிவப்பு—அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்டது)
 }}
 '''குறுவால் மரநாய்''' (''Mustela erminea'') என்பது ஒரு வகை மரநாய் ஆகும். இது மரநாயைவிடப் பெரியது. இதன் வால் நுனி கருப்பாக உள்ளது. இது [[யூரேசியா]] மற்றும் [[வட அமெரிக்கா|வட அமெரிக்காவில்]] காணப்படுகிறது. இவை யூரேசியாவில் இருந்து 5 இலட்சம் வருடங்களுக்கு முன் வட அமெரிக்காவிற்குப் பரவின.&lt;ref name=&quot;c124&quot;&gt;{{Harvnb|Coues|1877|pp=124–125}}&lt;/ref&gt; அங்கு நீளவால் மரநாயுடன் வாழத்தொடங்கியன. 
 
 [[படிமம்:Mustela_erminea_winter_cropped.jpg|thumb|இதன் குளிர்கால உரோமத்துடன்]]
 
 [[படிமம்:Stoat_killing_a_rabbit.jpg|வலது|thumb|குறுவால் மரநாய் ஒரு ஐரோப்பியக் குழிமுயலைக் கொல்லுதல்]]
 
 == உசாத்துணை ==
 {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
 
 === நூற்பட்டியல் ===
 * {{Cite book|last=Ahern|first=Albert|year=1922|title=Fur Facts|url=https://archive.org/details/furfacts00aherrich|location=St. Louis|publisher=C. P. Curran printing company}}
 * {{Cite book|last=Coues|first=Elliott|year=1877|title=Fur-bearing Animals: A Monograph of North American Mustelidae|url=https://archive.org/details/furbearinganima00couegoog|publisher=Government Printing Office}}
 * {{Cite book|last=Harris|last2=Yalden|first1=Stephen|first2=Derek|year=2008|title=Mammals of the British Isles|edition=4th Revised|publisher=Mammal Society|isbn=0-906282-65-9}}
 * {{Cite book|last=Johnston|first=Harry Hamilton|year=1903|title=British mammals; an attempt to describe and illustrate the mammalian fauna of the British islands from the commencement of the Pleistocene period down to the present day|url=https://archive.org/details/britishmammalsat00john|publisher=London, Hutchinson}}
 * {{Cite book|last=Kurtén|first=Björn|year=1968|title=Pleistocene mammals of Europe|publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson}}
 * {{Cite book|last=Kurtén|first=Björn|year=1980|title=Pleistocene mammals of North America|url=https://archive.org/details/pleistocenemamma0000kurt|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=0-231-03733-3}}
 * {{Cite book|last=Heptner|last2=Sludskii|first1=V. G.|first2=A. A.|year=2002|title=Mammals of the Soviet Union. Vol. II, part 1b, Carnivores (Mustelidae and Procyonidae)|url=https://archive.org/details/mammalsofsov212001gept|publisher=Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation|isbn=90-04-08876-8}}
 * {{Cite book|last=Macdonald|first=David|year=1992|title=The Velvet Claw: A Natural History of the Carnivores|publisher=New York: Parkwest|isbn=0-563-20844-9}}
 * {{Cite book|last=Merriam|first=Clinton Hart|year=1896|title=Synopsis of the weasels of North America|url=https://archive.org/details/synopsisofweasel00merriala|publisher=Washington : Govt. Print. Off.}}
 * {{Cite book|last=Verts|last2=Carraway|first1=B. J.|first2=Leslie N.|year=1998|title=Land Mammals of Oregon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8KI1AmzIDnwC&amp;pg=PA415&amp;dq=mustela+erminea#v=onepage&amp;q=mustela%20erminea&amp;f=false|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-21199-5}}
 
 == மேலும் படிக்க ==
 * {{Cite book|last=King|last2=Roger A. Powell|first=Carolyn M.|year=2007|title=The Natural History of Weasels and Stoats: Ecology, Behavior, and Management|url=https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof0002king|others=Illustrations by Consie Powell|edition=2nd|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-530056-7}}
 
 == வெளி இணைப்புகள் ==
 {{commons|Mustela erminea}}
 {{Commons category|Ermine (clothing)}}
 {{wikispecies|Mustela erminea}}
 * [http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/mammals/Mustela_erminea/ ARKive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013032427/http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/mammals/Mustela_erminea/ |date=2008-10-13 }}
 * [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/mammalia/carnivora/mustelidae/mustela/index.html#erminea ''Mustela erminea'' taxonomy]
 * [http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/threats-and-impacts/animal-pests/animal-pests-a-z/stoats/you-can-help/ Stoat control information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617054359/http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/threats-and-impacts/animal-pests/animal-pests-a-z/stoats/you-can-help/ |date=2014-06-17 }}
 * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7875271.stm Stoat 'playing'(?) in snow]
 * [http://www.doc.govt.nz/publications/conservation/land-and-freshwater/offshore-islands/secretary-island-restoration-project/ Fiordland Islands NZ stoat eradication] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603192205/http://www.doc.govt.nz/publications/conservation/land-and-freshwater/offshore-islands/secretary-island-restoration-project/ |date=2010-06-03 }}
 * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Stoat BBC Wildlife finder including video footage and sound files]
 * [http://www.stevenround-birdphotography.com/Stoat.htm Stoat images] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731152703/http://www.stevenround-birdphotography.com/Stoat.htm |date=2012-07-31 }}
 * [http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=191 Smithsonian Institution—North American Mammals: Mustela erminea]
 * [http://siwild.si.edu/content/animal-groups/other-carnivores/ermine.htm?species=149 Smithsonian Wild: Mustela erminea]
 
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