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Re: Request: Stoats! latin dict size=47   common dict size=512
Image Info Original File Name: Ermine_05-standing_in_front_of_snow_cave.jpg File size : 70580 bytes File date : 1999:03:11 09:00:00 Resolution: 784x581 Jpeg process : Baseline Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals Posted Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 20:24:57 GMT
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Subject Re: Request: Stoats!

Re: Request: Stoats!; Image ONLY
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Re: Request: Stoats!

Kevin C. Welch wrote:

>I have no idea what a stoat is. I'm looking for this animal as well.
>Thanks!

A stoat is a kind of weasel (Mustela erminea) found in Europe.
It changes its coat to white in winter and is called Ermine then.
It can be distinguished from the similar Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
by being bigger and having a black tip of the tail in summer
and winter. (This applies to the European species, I have
insufficient knowledge of the North-American counterparts)

Ermine_05.jpg

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Stoat (Mustela erminea)
Stoats are elusive predators, with long, slender bodies and short legs. The pelage is reddish to ginger in colour with white or cream underparts. Some individuals turn either partially or fully white in winter. The tail has a black tip, a feature that allows stoats to be distinguished from weasels. The head, which is supported by a fairly long neck, is triangular in shape, and features bright black eyes, long whiskers and round ears. Male stoats are much larger than females. At birth the kits are covered with fine white hair, and a dark 'mane' of fur forms around the neck after the third week.
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The name ermine is often, but not always, used for the stoat in its pure white winter coat, or the fur thereof.
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Scientific Name: Mustela erminea Linnaeus, 1758
Common Names:
English – Stoat, Short-tailed Weasel
French – Hermine
Spanish – Armiño
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