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Scientific name: Mustela erminea Also known as: Short-tailed weasel
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- long and slim body - short tail - short legs - circumference of head: 17-33cm - cicrumference of tail: 4-12 cm - weight: 40-360 g back
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Alps Pyrenees Carpathian Mount. Greenland Japan Canada back
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meadowriver banks mountains
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day and night active Hiding places: Gaps in a rock, hollowed trees, beneath stone piles, abandoned home of other animals Territory: 10-40 hectare, several nests made of hair and feathers. Solitary – except while mating Stoats mark off their territories by a fluid from their anal gland, which repells rivals. back
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moles fish back mice birds rats lizards bugs
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hunting during dawn detecting its prey through sense of smell and hearing stands on ist back legs for a good look-around sneaking up, jumps, lethal bite in the head back
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mating in late spring or in summer latency gestation period: about 1 month birth in april or may, average of 6-9 cubs pups: -2-3 g -blind and helpless -suckled for 6 weeks back
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bird of prey fox badger
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average of 1-2 years, due to enemies can be up to 7 years A lot of stoats die due to parasites, which they get from mice. The parasites live in the nose, get into the brain and lead to death. back
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