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		<title>The African Striped Weasel</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-african-striped-weasel/" title="The African Striped Weasel" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/asw1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="African striped weasel" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/asw1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/asw1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/asw1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The African striped weasel, aka African weasel, striped weasel, white-naped weasel, or zorilla, hails from sub-Saharan Africa. These critters are the lone member of the genus Poecilogale. These weasels face the threats of hunting and trapping for <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="&#60;div class=glossaryItemTitle&#62;traditional medicine&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div class=glossaryItemBody&#62;Traditional medicine refers to approaches, beliefs, knowledge, and health practices; incorporating plant, animal, and mineral based medicines, spiritual therapies, manual techniques, and exercises; applied singularly or in combination to treat, diagnose, and prevent illnesses or maintain well-being.As far as practical approaches go, many of the practices involved with traditional medicines are unsubstantiated and considered pseudo science. For instance, the practice of using keratin based animal parts, like rhino horns or pangolin scales has never been proven to cure any ailment. &#60;/div&#62;" href="https://critter.science/glossary/traditional-medicine/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">traditional medicine</a>. However, they are abundant, although rare to see, and thus listed [&#x2026;]</p>
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