General Characteristics

Head to body Length : 25 cm (10 inches )

Tail Length : 8 cm ( 3 inches )

Height : 2-3 inches

Weight : 200 g ( 7 ounces )

Description : 

They have long, slender, cylindrical bodies, short legs, and small, horizontally flattened heads that taper to a blunt nose. Their hairy ears are somewhat prominent, and the five toes on each foot are tipped with small but very sharp claws. Their fur is usually brown or reddish brown on the upper parts, and white on the underparts from the chin to the crotch and on the inside of the hind legs. The tail is brown with a black tip.  In high elevations the fur of these animals turns white in winter, and the common name "ermine" is usually used for this appearance. When short-tailed weasels turn white, only the tip of the tail stays dark.

Range -   Weasels live in tropics To Arctic, in Americas, Eurasia, Africa, and introduced in New Zealand.

Habitat - They live in very varied from forests to mountains, farmlands, semidesert steppe and tundra.

Diet -    It eats Small rabbits, rodents, insects lizards and frogs.

 Status - Now they are in the verge of being extinct.

Reason  for the status - This is because people kill them for game and poultry.

What Type of animal is it - It is a Carnivore

Gestation : 35 - 37 days

Longevity : 1-2 years