| Long-tailed Weasel | ||
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Classification(s) : | Predator, Prey |
| Cat Name : | Weasel | |
| Common Name : | Long-tailed Weasel | |
| Scientific Name : | Mustela frenata | |
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| Physical Description : | A dense-coated weasel species with a brown summer coat with tan belly and a winter coat of snow-white fur with a black tipped tail. |
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| Physical Statistics : | Males – Weight: 5.5-9oz (160-250g) |
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| Behavior : | A voracious predator that forages all hours of the day. |
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| Social Organization : | Solitary, save for the July-August breeding season. |
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| Approval Level : | None; No special approval is needed. | |
| Kill Difficulty : | Moderate; Long-tailed Weasel are small, but quick and ready to fight to defend themselves. |
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| Training Level : | Advanced; While easy enough to hunt with standard techniques the danger and agression in facing them to make experience extremely important in effectively hunting them. |
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| Food Quality : | Medium; While foul tasting and musky, the flesh of this predator is able to sustain cats. | |
| Danger Level : | Low (Kits are vulnerable); Kits are likely targets for a creature who must eat nearly a third of its body weight each day. They are, however, hunted by cats during pressing times (the flesh is stringy and musk-laden). |
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