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least weasel comparison table
Subject be weaned by kill by be make sound store reach sexual maturity by is a kind of live in have distribution be nocturnal have scientific name weigh travel consume eat line burrow with have length has part have name in French have high metabolic rate have range open eyes at be active have colour hunt by have habitat eat by
weasel      carnivore                    
least weasel  the smallest carnivore in Canada   weaselmouse, pocket gopher or mole burrowmuch of Canada except the Maritimes, southern Ontario and Quebec, coastal BC and the northeastern arctic tundra Mustela nivalis       belette pygmée      stubble fields, meadows, river banks, parklands, mixed forestslong-tailed weasels, owls, feral house cats
adult least weasel biting through the back of the neck of its preythe smallest carnivore in Canadashrill shriekmouse carcasses in larder4 monthsleast weaselmouse, pocket gopher or mole burrowmuch of Canada except the Maritimes, southern Ontario and Quebec, coastal BC and the northeastern arctic tundra Mustela nivalis25-63.5 gmore than 100 yards from its home1 gram of food per hour which adds up to more than half the body weight of an adult least weasel per daymeadow voles, prairie voles, red-backed voles, deer mice, house mice, harvest mice, amphibians, insectsfine grass or mouse fur170-217 mmslender bodybelette pygmée 0.8 hectares all winterdark brown with white underparts in summer, white in winterscentstubble fields, meadows, river banks, parklands, mixed forestslong-tailed weasels, owls, feral house cats
baby least weasel24 days the smallest carnivore in Canada   least weaselmouse, pocket gopher or mole burrowmuch of Canada except the Maritimes, southern Ontario and Quebec, coastal BC and the northeastern arctic tundra Mustela nivalis       belette pygmée  30 days   stubble fields, meadows, river banks, parklands, mixed forestslong-tailed weasels, owls, feral house cats

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