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Long-tailed Weasel
Long-tailed Weasel
Neogale frenata
Mammalia
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
3-5 yrs
Size
Small
Diet
Carnivore
Activity
Cathemeral
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate woodland
Range
North America
Movement
Running
Breeding
Live birth
Defense
Speed
Status
Uncommon

About

A slender, fast-moving predator with a black-tipped tail nearly as long as its body, found across the Americas from Canada to South America. It can kill prey many times its own size and, in northern populations, turns white in winter except for that telltale black tail tip.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    newborn
    A live-born newborn nurses on its mother's milk and depends on her for warmth and protection.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    A weaned juvenile begins eating solid food and learning from its parents or group.
  3. 3.
    adult
    Fully grown at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Mustelidae
Genus
Neogale
Species
Neogale frenata