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adult ermineearly summerfur, feathers, grass, leavesmicecoyotes, badgers, foxes, hawks, owls, martens, wolverines, fishers, humansin hollow log, under building, in burrow of mouse, ground squirrel, chipmunk or pocket gopherMarch and April and again in October and NovemberOrder Carnivoraspring and fall because of changing duration of daylightgrabbing it around the shoulders and biting through the neck at the base of the skullermineextra food in lardersall of CanadaMustella erminea mice, shrews, hares, porcupines, birds, squirrels, fish, rats, voles, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, chipmunks, pikas, mountain beavers, snakes, frogs, earthworms  fur by humanssmall mouthherminebrown on top and white below in summer, white in winter, black tipped tailstoatboreal coniferous forests, mixed forests, tundra, meadow edges, shrubby river banks, lakeshoresFamily Mustelidae
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adult male ermineearly summerfur, feathers, grass, leavesmicecoyotes, badgers, foxes, hawks, owls, martens, wolverines, fishers, humansin hollow log, under building, in burrow of mouse, ground squirrel, chipmunk or pocket gopherMarch and April and again in October and NovemberOrder Carnivoraspring and fall because of changing duration of daylightgrabbing it around the shoulders and biting through the neck at the base of the skullmale mammalextra food in lardersall of CanadaMustella erminea67-106 gmice, shrews, hares, porcupines, birds, squirrels, fish, rats, voles, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, chipmunks, pikas, mountain beavers, snakes, frogs, earthworms251-315 mmadult female erminefur by humans herminebrown on top and white below in summer, white in winter, black tipped tailstoatboreal coniferous forests, mixed forests, tundra, meadow edges, shrubby river banks, lakeshoresFamily Mustelidae

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