adult ermine | | stoat | extra food in larders | early summer | March and April and again in October and November | | | | coyotes, badgers, foxes, hawks, owls, martens, wolverines, fishers, humans | small mouth | all of Canada | fur, feathers, grass, leaves | mice, shrews, hares, porcupines, birds, squirrels, fish, rats, voles, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, chipmunks, pikas, mountain beavers, snakes, frogs, earthworms | | hermine | | in hollow log, under building, in burrow of mouse, ground squirrel, chipmunk or pocket gopher | 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 | fur by humans | boreal coniferous forests, mixed forests, tundra, meadow edges, shrubby river banks, lakeshores | Mustella erminea | mice | Order Carnivora | | | spring and fall because of changing duration of daylight | Family Mustelidae |
adult female ermine | 45-74 g | stoat | extra food in larders | early summer | March and April and again in October and November | 215-255 mm | 2-3 months of age | babies | coyotes, badgers, foxes, hawks, owls, martens, wolverines, fishers, humans | 10 mammae | all of Canada | fur, feathers, grass, leaves | mice, shrews, hares, porcupines, birds, squirrels, fish, rats, voles, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, chipmunks, pikas, mountain beavers, snakes, frogs, earthworms | April or May | hermine | | in hollow log, under building, in burrow of mouse, ground squirrel, chipmunk or pocket gopher | 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 | fur by humans | boreal coniferous forests, mixed forests, tundra, meadow edges, shrubby river banks, lakeshores | Mustella erminea | mice | Order Carnivora | live babies | 10 months | spring and fall because of changing duration of daylight | Family Mustelidae |