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The American ermine or American stoat (Mustela richardsonii) is a species of mustelid native to most of North America. The specific epithet refers to Arctic explorer and naturalist John Richardson .
The stoat (Mustela erminea), also known as the Eurasian ermine or ermine, is a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern regions of North America.
The three subspecies of the Haida ermine were originally considered subspecies of the common stoat (M. erminea).However, in 2013, they were recognized as distinct from any other ermine, and a 2021 study further found them to comprise a distinct species.
The stoats – first recorded on the islands in 2010 – are an invasive predator which is not native to the islands, posing a threat to the Orkney vole, an endemic species found nowhere else, and ...
The genus Mustela includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets, and European mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slender bodies and short legs. The family Mustelidae, or mustelids (which also includes badgers, otters, and wolverines), is often referred to as the "weasel family".
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Ermine (heraldry), the white winter fur and black tail end of the stoat, which is historically worn by and associated with royalty and high officials "Ermine marks" are dark patches of color on the white limb of a horse, just above the level of the hoof; Ermine moth, a family of moths; Ermine, a northern suburb of Lincoln, England
Six extant mustelid genera left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Martes, Meles, Lutra, Gulo, Mustela, and Mellivora Mustelidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes weasels, badgers, otters, ferrets, martens, minks, and wolverines, and many other extant and extinct genera.