Pictures and facts about the Ermine

Ermine

Order : Carnivora
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Mustelinae
Species : Mustela erminea

Stoats (Mustela erminea) are also called Short-tailed Weasels in North America and in winter, with its white winter coat, it is called an Ermine. The Stoat is a very opportunistic hunter, with its diet ranging from small rodents (mice and rats), rabbits, birds, eggs, even fish, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. It is also an extremely skilled treeclimber, descending from it with its head first, just like a squirrel. Once introduced in New Zealand as a means to control the rabbit population, it now is considered a pest there, since that did more harm than good. The term 'ermine' is also used for its fur, for which they are hunted in some areas. In the wild they are found in the north temperate regions of Eurasia and North America. Picture of the stoat by BozMo, licensed under GFDL

Facts about the ermine

Ermine is no longer reserved solely for royalty but is also used on state robes for Bishops and senior politicians.

Ermines are weasels in winter white, camouflaged so they're lost in the snow, but they still retain the black tail-tip of their summer coat.

Mustela frenata is limited to the North American continent, while Mustela erminea is also distributed throughout southern Europe and Asia.

Slightly larger than a Cuban cigar, the ermine is nonetheless one of the more feared predators despite its small size, and any mouse, vole, shrew or tiny bird it encounters along the way are potential meals.

The Stoat (Mustela erminea) is a small mammal of the family Mustelidae.

The Ermines are ideal predators and tend to hunt in a zigzag pattern powered by a series of leaps and jumps that reach up to 50cm. (Full text)

The ermine is depicted in heraldic symbols, royal gowns, and in significant portraits of the Renaissance. (Full text)

The ermine, classified as Mustela erminea, is of the weasel family, and is commonly found in Canada and Northern Europe. (Full text)

By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain. (Full text)

The ermine is found all over Canada, northern USA, and (Full text)

Ermines are opportunistic feeders, eating rabbits, voles, birds such as wood pigeons, and chicken eggs if near a populated area. (Full text)

The most widely distributed weasel, Mustela erminea, is known in Europe as the stoat and in North America as the short-tailed weasel. (Full text)

Ermine is the fur of an animal also called ermine (Mustela erminea), of the weasel family, commonly found in Northern Eurasia. (Full text)

In heraldry, the term "ermine" is used to mean a white field strewn with small bell-shaped designs called ermine-spots. (Full text)

The stoat (Mustela erminea) is a small mammal of the family Mustelidae. (Full text)

The ermines are also known as short-tail weasels. (Full text)

Other descriptions of Stoat Stoat Conservation status: Lower Risk Stoat Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae Subfamily: Mustelinae Genus: Mustela Species: erminea Binomial name Mustela erminea Linnaeus, 1758 The Stoat (Mustela erminea) is a small mammal of the family Mustelidae. (Full text)

Novosoft-Zheleznogorsk - ErminE is a tool for the rapid development of applications (Full text)

Ermines are carnivorious and primarily hunt at night. (Full text)

Ermines are related to weasels. (Full text)

Ermines Ermines are tiny members of the Weasel clan that live on the Ice Marches and other such areas. (Full text)