1. Scientific name: Mustela erminea Also known as: Short-tailed weasel

3. - long and slim body - short tail - short legs - circumference of head: 17-33cm - cicrumference of tail: 4-12 cm - weight: 40-360 g back

4. Alps Pyrenees Carpathian Mount. Greenland Japan Canada back

5. meadowriver banks mountains

6. day and night active Hiding places: Gaps in a rock, hollowed trees, beneath stone piles, abandoned home of other animals Territory: 10-40 hectare, several nests made of hair and feathers. Solitary – except while mating Stoats mark off their territories by a fluid from their anal gland, which repells rivals. back

7. moles fish back mice birds rats lizards bugs

8. hunting during dawn detecting its prey through sense of smell and hearing stands on ist back legs for a good look-around sneaking up, jumps, lethal bite in the head back

9. mating in late spring or in summer latency gestation period: about 1 month birth in april or may, average of 6-9 cubs pups: -2-3 g -blind and helpless -suckled for 6 weeks back

10. bird of prey fox badger

11. average of 1-2 years, due to enemies can be up to 7 years A lot of stoats die due to parasites, which they get from mice. The parasites live in the nose, get into the brain and lead to death. back