Long-tailed Weasel Facts - NatureMapping

Some long-tailed weasels in Illinois are nearly all white in the winter time helping them blend in with the snow and protecting them from predators. When the weather gets warmer weasels begin to molt their lighter winter coats for darker coats.

Size/Weight: Male Long-tailed Weasels are larger (13-16 inches in length; 6-16 oz) than females (11-14 inches in length; 3-9 oz). Their tails are nearly half the size of their head and body combined.

Range/Habitat: Long-tailed weasels live in many different environments such as the woods, thickets...

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Date: 2011-07-13 02:26:47
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Weasel: Minnesota DNR

Mustela erminea

Mustela frenata

There are three species of weasels in Minnesota, the short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea), the long-tailed weasel (Mustela (renata, and the least weasel . All belong to a family of mostly long, narrow "tube-shaped" animals in the family Mustelidae.

Identification

General description: Weasels are small, elongated predators that are brown in the summer, but that...

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