Stats

Lifespan

7-10 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Carnivore

Activity

Crepuscular

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Walking

Breeding

Live Birth

Defense

Speed

Status

Rare

About

A long, slinky carnivoran domesticated from the European polecat over two thousand years ago to hunt rabbits in their burrows. It sleeps up to eighteen hours a day and bursts into a frenzied, hop-and-bounce 'weasel war dance' when excited.

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

Mustela

Species

Mustela furo