The Amazon weasel also known as the tropical weasel, is a species of weasel

Weasel

Weasels are mammals forming the genus Mustela of the Mustelidae family. They are small, active predators, long and slender with short legs....

 that lives in the Amazon Rainforest

Amazon Rainforest

The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...

 in South America. It is rated "Least Concern" by the IUCN Red List. Despite its scientific name, it is not found in Africa. It is a shiny brown weasel with a white or cream belly with a brown stripe down the chest. The Amazon weasel measures 9.8 to 15 inches (25-38 cm.) in length. It has a tail length of 3.9-7.9 inches (10-20 cm). The Amazon weasel is rarely seen and little is known about it. Amazon weasels eat rodents and other small mammals. They make their homes in the stumps of hollow trees.
There are two subspecies

Subspecies

Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...

of the Amazon weasel:

Mustela africana africana

Mustela africana stolzmanni