least weasel | has distribution much of Canada except the Maritimes, southern Ontario and Quebec, coastal BC and the northeastern arctic tundra | |
has habitat stubble fields, meadows, river banks, parklands, mixed forests | |
has name in French belette pygmée | |
has scientific name Mustela nivalis | |
is the smallest carnivore in Canada | |
is rare | |
is eaten by long-tailed weasels, owls, feral house cats | |
is a kind of weasel | |
lives in mouse, pocket gopher or mole burrow | |
weasel | has Family name Family Mustelidae | |
carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
is carnivorous or omnivorous | |
mammal | is warm-blooded | |
may catch rabies | |