Subject |
weigh |
store |
have breeding season |
moult in |
have average number of babies |
have length |
suckle |
reach sexual maturity by |
has part |
eat |
give birth in |
kill prey by |
have colour |
is a kind of |
give birth to |
have apparent gestation period |
change colour in |
be twice the size of |
ermine | | | | | | | | | | | | | | weasel | | | | |
adult ermine | | extra food in larders | early summer | March and April and again in October and November | | | | | small mouth | mice, shrews, hares, porcupines, birds, squirrels, fish, rats, voles, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, chipmunks, pikas, mountain beavers, snakes, frogs, earthworms | | grabbing it around the shoulders and biting through the neck at the base of the skull | brown on top and white below in summer, white in winter, black tipped tail | ermine | | | spring and fall because of changing duration of daylight | |
adult female ermine | 45-74 g | extra food in larders | early summer | March and April and again in October and November | 4-9 | 215-255 mm | babies | 2-3 months of age | 10 mammae | mice, shrews, hares, porcupines, birds, squirrels, fish, rats, voles, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, chipmunks, pikas, mountain beavers, snakes, frogs, earthworms | April or May | grabbing it around the shoulders and biting through the neck at the base of the skull | brown on top and white below in summer, white in winter, black tipped tail | female mammal | live babies | 10 months | spring and fall because of changing duration of daylight | |
adult male ermine | 67-106 g | extra food in larders | early summer | March and April and again in October and November | | 251-315 mm | | | | mice, shrews, hares, porcupines, birds, squirrels, fish, rats, voles, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, chipmunks, pikas, mountain beavers, snakes, frogs, earthworms | | grabbing it around the shoulders and biting through the neck at the base of the skull | brown on top and white below in summer, white in winter, black tipped tail | male mammal | | | spring and fall because of changing duration of daylight | adult female ermine |