Stoat

Mustela erminea
Mustelids (Mustelidae)

Summer colours also include the black tail tip.
Stoaton RikenMon's Nature.Guide

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Long slender hunter with a black tail tip. Red-brown back and a yellowish white belly in summer. The separation between brown and white is almost a straight line. In winter the fur becomes white except the black tail tip.

Mainly active at night. The prey can be larger than itself, like a rabbit, sometimes hunting in packs to catch even larger prey. 

⇔ hbl. 25-30 cm, tl. 11-12 cm

syn. Short-tailed weasel

LA:
≈ The MUSTELA NIVALIS (Weasel) is smaller without the black tail tip and the separation between belly and back colour is not as straight.

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