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What is a Weasel?

• long (12 to 45 cm), slender, flexible body
• short legs
• active predators

American Mink

• highly aquatic
• males can be up to 60cm long; female up to 20
• 2.07kg ( 4.7lbs) for males; 0.89kg (2lbs) for females
• outer fur or guard fur = dark brown, almost black in colour; under side is lighter
• under fur keeps them warm and dry while swimming
  • valuable fur; fur trade
• great hunters
  • meadow voles, muskrat, fish, crayfish, frogs, salamanders and insects
• spend time along shoreline
• preyed on by coyotes, red foxes and great horned owls
• have 5 kits per litter
• introduced to Russia and other European countries for the fur trade

Ermine or Short-tailed Weasel

• up to 30cm in length
• tail has a black tip
• great predators; take on prey much larger than them
• brown with yellowish to white belly
• "ermine" or pure white with black tip on tail in winter