Colombian weasel
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Subclass:	Theria
Infraclass:	Eutheria
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	Mustelinae
Genus:	Mustela
Species:	M. felipei
Binomial name
Mustela felipei Izor and de la Torre, 1978
Colombian weasel range

Colombian weasel (Mustela felipei), also known as the Don Felipe's weasel, is a very rare species of weasel only known with certainty from the departments of Huila and Cauca in Colombia^[2] and nearby northern Ecuador (where only known from a single specimen).^[1] Both its scientific and alternative common name honours the mammalogist Philip "Don Felipe" Hershkovitz.^[3]

It has a head and body length of about 22 cm (8,6 in), and a tail of about 11 cm (4,3 in).^[2] The upperparts and tail are blackish-brown, while the underparts are orange-buff. The fur is fairly long.^[4]

It appears to be largely restricted to riparian habitats at an altitude of 1700–2700 m (5600–8900 ft). There is extensive deforestation within its small range, and with less than 10 known specimens,^[1] it is probably the rarest carnivoran in South America.^[4] It is therefore considered vulnerable by IUCN.^[1]

Very little is known about its behavior, but it has several features, among them extensive toe webbing, which suggests it has a semiaquatic lifestyle.^[4]

References[link]

• Izor, R. J. y N. E. Peterson. 1985. Notes on South American weasels. Journal of Mammalogy 66: 788–790.

Pauly Shore
Shore in 2008
Pseudonym	The Weasel
Birth name	Paul Montgomery Shore
Born	(1968-02-01) February 1, 1968 (age 44) Hollywood, California, United States
Medium	Stand-up, television, film
Nationality	American
Years active	1989–present
Genres	Improvisational comedy
Notable works and roles	Host of MTV Stoney Brown in Encino Man Crawl in Son in Law Bones Conway in In the Army Now Tommy Collins in Jury Duty Bud Macintosh in Bio-Dome Pauly Shore Is Dead Adopted

Paul Montgomery "Pauly" Shore (born February 1, 1968) is an American comedian and actor who starred in several comedy films in the 1990s and hosted a video show on MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Shore is still performing stand-up comedy and is touring in 2012.^[1]

Early life[link]

Shore was born Paul Montgomery Shore,^[2] the son of Mitzi Shore (née Saidel), who founded The Comedy Store, and Sammy Shore, a comedian.^[3][4] Shore was raised Jewish ^[5] in Beverly Hills, California. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1986.^[6]

Career[link]

Stand-up career[link]

Inspired by his parents' work in comedy and show business, a 17-year-old Shore made his stand-up debut at the Alley Cat Bistro in Culver City. "Everyone else in school was filling out their SAT applications, but I just passed mine back. I knew I wasn't going to go to college."^[7] Shore was mentored by Sam Kinison and opened several of his sets. While touring the comedy club circuit, Shore cultivated an alter ego persona, "The Weasel".

"The Weasel" involved Shore speaking in a Jeff Spicoli-esque surfer parlance, heavily peppered with dudespeak slang such as "edged", "melons" and "grinding" as well as his catchphrase, "Hey, BU-DDY."^[8]

MTV[link]

Shore's big break came as an on-air MTV VJ, a position he held from 1989 to 1994. At the height of his MTV fame, Shore had his own show, Totally Pauly, serving as a host, most memorably on MTV's annual Spring Break parties. He also released a music video, "Lisa, Lisa, The One I Adore".^[8]

Film career[link]

In 1992, Shore starred in Encino Man which was a modest hit. Encino Man's success propelled Shore to star in additional personalized vehicles, albeit less successful: Son in Law (1993), In the Army Now (1994), Jury Duty (1995), and Bio-Dome (1996). He makes a cameo appearance in the American rock band Limp Bizkit music video "N 2 Gether Now",^[9][10] as a pizza deliveryman, and a briefer appearance in Break Stuff.^[11]

In 2003, Shore produced, wrote, directed and starred in Pauly Shore Is Dead, a semi-autobiographical mockumentary, and in 2005 starred in the short lived reality television series Minding the Store. In 2010 Shore starred in Adopted, which sees him traveling to Africa to adopt a child.^[12] In addition, he has several short subject films and multiple projects in the works such as his MTV pilot called “The Shores” and various projects with such as Funny or Die.^[13]

Controversy[link]

Shore claimed, in 2009, that Sacha Baron Cohen's film, Brüno, was "stolen from his 'mockumentary'", as the film Brüno had started production after the start of production for Adopted and also featured the main character adopting a child from a Third World nation.^[14]

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Official website
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• Pauly Shore at the Internet Movie Database