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adult mink comparison table
Subject have breeding season have average number of babies give birth to make sound reach sexual maturity by is a kind of weigh eat give birth in have gestation period have length has part have range have temperament be active have colour suckle
mink     weasel           
adult minkFebruary to April  cooing, screams, hisses mink0.79-2.31 kgmeadow voles, muskrats, shrews, cottontail rabbits, fish, frogs, salamanders, crayfish, insects, birds, earthworms  420-620 mmsmall ears bold, ferocious and untamableall winterbrown to almost black, paler on the belly 
adult female minkFebruary to April2-10one litter per yearcooing, screams, hisses1 yearfemale mammal0.79-1.2 kgmeadow voles, muskrats, shrews, cottontail rabbits, fish, frogs, salamanders, crayfish, insects, birds, earthwormsApril or May50 days420-597 mm3 pairs of mammae7.6-20 hectaresbold, ferocious and untamableall winterbrown to almost black, paler on the bellybabies
adult male minkFebruary to April  cooing, screams, hisses18 monthsmale mammal1.68-2.31 kgmeadow voles, muskrats, shrews, cottontail rabbits, fish, frogs, salamanders, crayfish, insects, birds, earthworms  491-620 mm up to 7.8 square kmbold, ferocious and untamableall winterbrown to almost black, paler on the belly 

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