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See also:WEASEL (Putorius nivalis) , the smallest See also:European See also:species of the See also:group of mammals of which the See also:polecat and stoat are well-known members (see See also:CARNIVORA). The weasel is an elegant little See also:animal, with elongated slender See also:body, back much arched, See also:head small and flattened, ears See also:short and rounded, See also:neck See also:long and flexible, limbs short, five toes on each See also:foot, all with See also:sharp, compressed, curved claws, tail rather short, slender, cylindrical, and pointed at the tip, and See also:fur short and See also:close. The upper-parts, out-See also:side of limbs and tail, are See also:uniform reddish, See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown, the under-parts See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white. In See also:cold regions the weasel turns white in See also:winter, but less regularly and only at a See also:lower temperature than the stoat or See also:ermine, from which it is distinguished by its smaller See also:size and the See also:absence of the See also:black tail-tip. The length of the head and body of the male is usually about 8 in., that of the tail 2; in.; the See also:female is smaller. The weasel is generally distributed through-out See also:Europe and See also:Northern and Central See also:Asia; and is represented by a closely allied animal in See also:North See also:America. It possesses all the active, courageous and bloodthirsty disposition of the See also:rest of the genus, but its diminutive size prevents it attacking and destroying any but the smaller mammals and birds. Mice, rats, See also:water-rats and moles, as well as frogs, constitute its See also:principal See also:food. It is generally found on or near the See also:surface of the ground, but it can not only pursue its See also:prey through holes and crevices of rocks and under dense tangled herbage, but follow it up the
stems and branches of trees, or even into the water, See also:swimming with perfect ease. It constructs a See also:nest of dried leaves and herbage, placed in a hole in the ground or a See also:bank or hollow See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree,
The Weasel (Putorius nivalis).
in which it brings up its See also:litter of four to six (usually five) See also:young ones. The See also:mother will defend her young with the utmost desperation against any assailant, and has been known to See also:sacrifice her own See also:life rather than See also:desert them. (R.
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