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The least weasel ( Mustela nivalis ), little weasel, common weasel, or simply weasel is the smallest member of the genus Mustela, family Mustelidae and order Carnivora. It is native to Eurasia, North America and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand, Malta, Crete, the Azores, and São Tomé. It is classified as least concern by ...
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.
The M29 Weasel is a World War II tracked vehicle designed for operation in snow. [ 1] Built by Studebaker, Weasels were also used in sandy, muddy, and desert terrains, including towing loads over terrain wheeled vehicles could not negotiate as in the U.S. Marine invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Standard M29s were semi-amphibious, but with a ...
Weasel. Weasels / ˈwiːzəlz / are mammals of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae. 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 ...
At least one of the prototypes, a T26E3, still exists. Something over ten percent of production, over 30 units, still survive. The track system and track plate width (18") look to have been borrowed from the early versions of the Weasel , although the M7 tracks are shorter with fewer plates.
Diet. In North America, where the ecological niche for rat- and rabbit-sized prey is taken by the larger long-tailed weasel ( Neogale frenata ), the American ermine preys on mice, voles, shrews, young cottontails, [ 6] chipmunks, deer mice, jumping mice, and house mice. Usually the ermine kills by biting at base of skull.
Mustela martes Linnaeus, 1758. The European pine marten ( Martes martes ), also known as the pine marten, is a mustelid native to and widespread in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus and parts of Iran, Iraq and Syria. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. [ 1] It is less commonly also known as baum marten [ 2] or sweet marten.