Species Cards

Weasel

Mustela nivalis

Group:

Animal, Mammal

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Food chain :

Carnivore

What it eats :

Small mammals: mice, rats, voles, shrews, rabbit, birds' eggs and nestlings.

Eaten by:

Sparrowhawk, tawny owl

Habitat:

Woodland; Wildflower GrasslandWoodland; Wildflower Grassland

Description:

A long thin animal with chestnut brown fur on its upper body, a white belly. Smaller than the stoat, with no black tip to the tail.


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