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have breeding season |
have range |
have gestation period |
have average number of babies |
hunt by |
have length |
suckle |
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kill by |
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line burrow with |
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make sound |
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give birth to |
least weasel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | weasel | | | |
adult least weasel | 25-63.5 g | mouse carcasses in larder | | 0.8 hectares | | | scent | 170-217 mm | | 4 months | biting through the back of the neck of its prey | slender body | meadow voles, prairie voles, red-backed voles, deer mice, house mice, harvest mice, amphibians, insects | | 1 gram of food per hour which adds up to more than half the body weight of an adult least weasel per day | fine grass or mouse fur | all winter | dark brown with white underparts in summer, white in winter | least weasel | shrill shriek | more than 100 yards from its home | |
adult female least weasel | 25-58 g | mouse carcasses in larder | | 0.8 hectares | 35-37 days | 3-10 | scent | 170-181 mm | babies | 4 months | biting through the back of the neck of its prey | | meadow voles, prairie voles, red-backed voles, deer mice, house mice, harvest mice, amphibians, insects | 4 days | 1 gram of food per hour which adds up to more than half the body weight of an adult least weasel per day | fine grass or mouse fur | all winter | dark brown with white underparts in summer, white in winter | female mammal | shrill shriek | more than 100 yards from its home | 2 or more litters per year |
adult male least weasel | 34.5-63.5 g | mouse carcasses in larder | February to November | 0.8 hectares | | | scent | 183-217 mm | | 4 months | biting through the back of the neck of its prey | | meadow voles, prairie voles, red-backed voles, deer mice, house mice, harvest mice, amphibians, insects | | 1 gram of food per hour which adds up to more than half the body weight of an adult least weasel per day | fine grass or mouse fur | all winter | dark brown with white underparts in summer, white in winter | male mammal | shrill shriek | more than 100 yards from its home | |