Food Habits of the Urban Japanese Weasels Mustela itatsi Revealed by Faecal DNA Analysis

1 Wildlife Conservation Laboratory, Division of Ecosciences, Department of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Saiwaicho 3-5-8, Fuchu city, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan 2 Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan 3 Laboratory of Wildlife Conservation and Management, School of Human Sciences, Waseda University, Migashima 2-579, Tokorozawa city, Saitama 359-1142, Japan 4 Chikushi Jogakuen University Junior College, 2-12-1 Ishizaka, Dazaifu, Fukuoka 818-0192, Japan 5 Natural Environment Conservation Division, Environment and Citizens Affairs Bureau, Hiroshima Prefectural Government, 10-52, Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima city, Hiroshima 730-8511, Japan 6 Carnivore Ecology and Conservation Research Group, Division of Ecosciences, Department of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Saiwaicho 3-5-8, Fuchu city, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan

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