Mountain weasel

[Sucheth Lingachar]

Photographed in Hemis National Park at Ladakh( Rumbak Valley).
The conservation status, according to the IUNC, is near threatened because it is considered to be in a significant decline and requires monitoring mainly because of habitat and resource loss.

Nikon D7100, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/4D IF-ED + AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E II/14E
F/7.1, 1/2000s, ISO 400

[Shyamala Kumar]

Lovely image from Ladakh.Colours composition and light all blend perfectly.Thanks for sharing

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Very nice! Great that you could photograph this species. Is this full frame? If so, you could try cropping in.

TFS

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Great find and nice freeze sucheth. lovely light and I like the way it is peeping out.Nice clean Bg.

TFS
Roopak

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Simply Wonderful. God's grace.This is Himalayan Weasel (Mustela sibirica) [of which there are three sub-species, I can not exactly specify]. Thank you for taking us to a D R E A M L A N D and sharing. SaktiWild

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

This is Himalayan Weasel (Mustela sibirica) [of which there are three sub-species...

Quoting from S.H.Prater's The Book of Indian Animals:
The Himalayan races are: a dark-muzzled form (subhemachalana), a white-muzzled form (canigula), and a third race (hodgsoni) in the which the white of the muzzle does not extend as far as the eyes.

Guessing this is M. s. hodgsoni ​then. Thanks for pointing it out, Saktiji.

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Nice image Sucheth. The bg is lovely and rightly diffused. In case you have an image with fuller view of the Weasel please do share. Thanks for sharing.

[Sucheth Lingachar]

Thank you Shyamala Kumar,Abhishek,Roopak,Saktipada Panigrahi,Murugan for your valuable comments....

Abhishek : this is almost Full Frame.... will crop and will post...
Saktipada Panigrahi : Thank you so much for information about this species....
Murugan : Have full view of this cutee.. will post in coming days...

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Sucheth,
Lovely image. The pose is nice. The ears give it a cute appearance. It was nice hearing your experiences that day. I called up Hymakar after talking with you to know more about the ladakh experience. No wonder we talked for a long time, and I couldn't find dinner in the sleepy village I was staying at that time. I am now back and have to check all the images. Did you sight this near your tent? Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Sucheth Lingachar]

Thank you Sabyasachi Patra for the appreciation and the comments....
and it was nice talking with you sir after long time....:) this was not near our tent... this was photographed when we were going to Rumbak Village... this was shot in the morning...