Long-tailed weasels carry a NatureServe S2 imperiled rank in Louisiana, notably more precarious than the species’ secure G5 global rank, reflecting how thin and fragmented documented sightings of this elusive predator are in the state’s coastal marsh and wetland habitat. The record rests almost entirely on GBIF (52 of 53 records), meaning trapping data, not casual sightings, accounts for nearly everything known here.
October alone accounts for 11 of the 53 records, roughly a fifth of the total, with a secondary February bump of 8, a pattern that plausibly tracks trapping-season timing as much as the weasel’s own activity given how survey-heavy this dataset is.
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