adult female ermine | gives birth in April or May | |
has apparent gestation period 10 months | |
has average number of babies 4-9 | |
has length 215-255 mm | |
has part 10 mammae | |
is a kind of adult ermine | |
is a kind of female mammal | |
reaches sexual maturity by 2-3 months of age | |
weighs 45-74 g | |
adult ermine | can climb | |
can swim | |
changes colour in spring and fall because of changing duration of daylight | |
eats mice, shrews, hares, porcupines, birds, squirrels, fish, rats, voles, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, chipmunks, pikas, mountain beavers, snakes, frogs, earthworms | |
has breeding season early summer | |
has colour brown on top and white below in summer, white in winter, black tipped tail | |
is nocturnal | |
kills prey by grabbing it around the shoulders and biting through the neck at the base of the skull | |
moults in March and April and again in October and November | |
stores extra food in larders | |
female mammal | gives birth to live babies | |
suckles babies | |
ermine | depends on mice | |
has distribution all of Canada | |
has habitat boreal coniferous forests, mixed forests, tundra, meadow edges, shrubby river banks, lakeshores | |
has name in French hermine | |
has picture | |
has scientific name Mustella erminea | |
is curious | |
is also called stoat | |
is killed by coyotes, badgers, foxes, hawks, owls, martens, wolverines, fishers, humans | |
is killed for fur by humans | |
lives in hollow log, under building, in burrow of mouse, ground squirrel, chipmunk or pocket gopher | |
makes nest of fur, feathers, grass, leaves | |
mammal | is warm-blooded | |
may catch rabies | |
weasel | has Family name Family Mustelidae | |
carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
is carnivorous or omnivorous | |