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Habitat:
Habitat: The long tail weasel prefers woodlands, thickets, open farmland, or any place near a water source. It likes this habitat because it is where the majority of its prey (small animals like mice and voles) lives.
Climate Change: Climate change has affected its habitat because rising temperatures cause droughts which affect plant life.
Development: Development also affects the long tail weasel because humans are causing deforestation and expanding into the weasel's habitats.
Scientific Name: Neogale Frenata
Other Names: Bridled Weasel, Masked Ermine, Big Stoat
General Description: Long, slender body and head and cinnamon brown with white patches. In the north they turn white.
Diet:
Long tailed weasels eat birds, earthwroms, frogs, crayfish, snakes, fruits and berries.
Long tailed weasels hunt their prey by finding their scent or listening for sound. They will follow their prey and make a quick attack. Long tailed weasels will bite their prey at the base of their skull.
They need a constant supply of food
Behavior:
Long tailed weasels are active at night
Males and females do not associate, except during the mating season
Long tailed weasel interact with eachother with visuals, sounds and scents.
reproduction:
Once two beavers find mates, they stay with each other for their entire life most of the time. The only time they find another mate is when their mate dies. If this were to happen, the young that belong to the mother may not be accepted by the mother's new mate.
Threats:
The long tail weasel's main predators are owls and goshawks. They are also threatened by human encroachment on their habitat, including posioning and trapping. They do not have an effective way of coping with these threats.
Fun Facts:
Weasels are the smallest Carnivore
They eat up to 40% of their weight each day
Their hunting technique is called Weasel War Dance
Weasels purr
They hae remarkable sense of smell, sight, and hearing
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