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ermine comparison table
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weasel          carnivore              
ermine fur, feathers, grass, leavesmicecoyotes, badgers, foxes, hawks, owls, martens, wolverines, fishers, humans in hollow log, under building, in burrow of mouse, ground squirrel, chipmunk or pocket gopher    weaselall of Canada Mustella erminea   fur by humans hermine  stoatboreal coniferous forests, mixed forests, tundra, meadow edges, shrubby river banks, lakeshores
adult ermineearly summerfur, feathers, grass, leavesmicecoyotes, badgers, foxes, hawks, owls, martens, wolverines, fishers, humansMarch and April and again in October and Novemberin hollow log, under building, in burrow of mouse, ground squirrel, chipmunk or pocket gopherspring and fall because of changing duration of daylightgrabbing it around the shoulders and biting through the neck at the base of the skull extra food in lardersermineall of Canada Mustella erminea  mice, shrews, hares, porcupines, birds, squirrels, fish, rats, voles, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, chipmunks, pikas, mountain beavers, snakes, frogs, earthwormsfur by humanssmall mouthhermine brown on top and white below in summer, white in winter, black tipped tailstoatboreal coniferous forests, mixed forests, tundra, meadow edges, shrubby river banks, lakeshores
baby ermine fur, feathers, grass, leavesmicecoyotes, badgers, foxes, hawks, owls, martens, wolverines, fishers, humans in hollow log, under building, in burrow of mouse, ground squirrel, chipmunk or pocket gopher    ermineall of Canada Mustella erminea   fur by humanssealed eyes at birthhermine5 weekswhite at birthstoatboreal coniferous forests, mixed forests, tundra, meadow edges, shrubby river banks, lakeshores

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