| adult male long-tailed weasel | has length 374-456 mm |  |
| is a kind of adult long-tailed weasel | |
| is a kind of male mammal | |
| weighs 196-267 g | |
| adult long-tailed weasel | eats meadow voles, deer mice, chipmunks, pocket gophers, ground squirrels, pikas, prairie dogs, cottontail rabbits, wood rats, red squirrels, harvest mice, house mice, Norway rats, roof rats, shrews, least weasels, birds, chickens, insects, snakes, berries | |
| has breeding season July and August | |
| has colour cinnamon brown above and buff coloured below in summer, white in winter, black tipped tail | |
| is eaten by foxes, coyotes, wolves, domestic cats and dogs | |
| is sexually inactive during the winter | |
| moults during October to December, and February to April caused by changing length of daylight | |
| seldom meets other adult long-tailed weasels except during the breeding season | |
| long-tailed weasel | has distribution southern Canada | |
| has habitat open grassland, aspen parklands, river bottom lands | |
| has name in French belette à longue queue | |
| has scientific name Mustela frenata | |
| mammal | is warm-blooded | |
| may catch rabies | |
| weasel | has Family name Family Mustelidae | |
| carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
| is carnivorous or omnivorous | |
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