Latin name: Mustela frenata

The weasel has a tiny face, sharp teeth and claws, and a tail with black fur at the tip. In winter it is white and in summer it is brown.
The short-tailed weasel is a tiny animal, only 15 to 23 cm long. It hunts for rabbits, rats, birds, frogs, ground squirrels and pika (a small rodent that lives in the mountains). It eats hundreds of meadow mice. Weasels that live in the north also feed on Arctic hare and lemming. The weasel may be small but it is a good fighter and moves in a flash. It is a silent hunter and can approach without a sound, then rush upon its prey.

Where it lives:
The weasel can be found almost anywhere in Canada (the coast, the mountains, the prairies and the far north). The weasel will move into a den of an animal that it has killed.

Family: Mammal

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