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English: Long-tailed Weasel in North Seattle, Washington State, United States of America on Wednesday 2 June 2021, picture taken by Tanis Coralee Leonhardi. I, Tanis Coralee Leonhardi, took this picture on foot when crouched watching the weasel in the backyard. I did not edit/alter the picture between taking it and uploading it to Wikimedia ...
Skulls of a long-tailed weasel (top), a stoat (bottom left) and least weasel (bottom right), as illustrated in Merriam's Synopsis of the Weasels of North America. The long-tailed weasel is the product of a process begun 5–7 million years ago, when northern forests were replaced by open grassland, thus prompting an explosive evolution of small, burrowing rodents.
The American marten is a long, slender-bodied weasel about the size of a mink with relatively large, rounded ears, short limbs, and a bushy tail. American marten have a roughly triangular head and sharp nose. Their long, silky fur ranges in color from pale yellowish buff to tawny brown to almost black.
"Mink, unlike short-tailed (ermine) and long-tailed weasels, do not have white pelage in winter but are typically a rich brown color and can have white patches on the chin, throat and sometime ...
Short-tailed weasel. Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae. North American river otter, Lontra canadensis, rivers, lakes, ponds - C; Pacific marten, Martes caurina, coniferous forests - R; Short-tailed weasel, Mustela richardsonii, coniferous forests and meadows - C, EN; Long-tailed weasel, Neogale frenata, open forests and meadows - C
Neogale contains four species: the Amazon weasel (Neogale africana), the long and short-tailed weasels (N. frenata and N. lontra), and the American mink (N. vison). Native to the Americas , members of the genus can be found as far north as Alaska and as far south as Argentina and Bolivia .
The orca is the state mammal of Washington. The list of mammals of Washington lists mammalian species that live in the U.S. state of Washington, [1] [2] including 9 introduced mammal species. [3] The list does not include species found exclusively in captivity.
Long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata) Muskrat (Fiber zibethicus) Mountain lion (Puma concolor) North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) Northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) Northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) Richardson's ground squirrel or flickertail (Spermophilus ...