Long-tailed Weasel Images, Facts and Information:
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- Long-tailed Weasels have brownish backs, long brown tails with black tips and white to yellowish undersides during the summer, during the winter they are snowy white and retain the black tipped tails. Long-tailed Weasels in the southern parts of their range may stay brown.
- Females can be 10 to 15% smaller than males.
- Long-tailed Weasels habitats include woodlands, open areas, thickets, and farmlands, They usually love near a water source.
- Long-tailed Weasels can be found from southern Canada, throughout most of the lower 48 of the U.S., Mexico, Central and South America.
- Long-tailed Weasels prey on mice, voles, rats, squirrels, chipmunks, shrews, moles and rabbits. They will also take small birds, eggs, reptiles, fish, worms, amphibians, and insects.
- Long-tailed Weasels have 5 to 8 young which are called kits.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Long-tailed Weasel photos.
Long-tailed Weasel stopped on a gravel road
Title: Long-tailed Weasel stopped on a gravel road
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2023
Long-tailed Weasel in its sleek summer coat
Title: Long-tailed Weasel in its sleek summer coat
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2023
Long-tailed Weasel side-eye
Title: Long-tailed Weasel side-eye
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2023
Long-tailed Weasel sticking out its tongue
Title: Long-tailed Weasel sticking out its tongue
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2023
Standing Long-tailed Weasel
Title: Standing Long-tailed Weasel
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2023
Side-lit Long-tailed Weasel portrait
Title: Side-lit Long-tailed Weasel portrait
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/7/2023
Long-tailed Weasel leaning on a leaning rock
Title: Long-tailed Weasel leaning on a leaning rock
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/21/2022
Long-tailed Weasel with a leaning rock
Title: Long-tailed Weasel with a leaning rock
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/21/2022
Focused Long-tailed Weasel
Title: Focused Long-tailed Weasel
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/21/2022
Curious Long-tailed Weasel on a rock
Title: Curious Long-tailed Weasel on a rock
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/21/2022
Long-tailed Weasel staring at me
Title: Long-tailed Weasel staring at me
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/21/2022
Long-tailed Weasel sniffing a rock
Title: Long-tailed Weasel sniffing a rock
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/21/2022
Long-tailed Weasel close up on a rock
Title: Long-tailed Weasel close up on a rock
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/21/2022
Long-tailed Weasel portrait on the last day of summer
Title: Long-tailed Weasel portrait on the last day of summer
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/21/2022
Curious Long-tailed Weasel on a rock pile
Title: Curious Long-tailed Weasel on a rock pile
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/21/2022
One-eared Long-tailed Weasel standing near water
Title: One-eared Long-tailed Weasel standing near water
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/23/2020
One-eared Long-tailed Weasel
Title: One-eared Long-tailed Weasel
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/23/2020
Long-tailed Weasel standing next to water at Farmington Bay WMA
Title: Long-tailed Weasel standing next to water at Farmington Bay WMA
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/23/2020
Long-tailed Weasel in tall grasses
Title: Long-tailed Weasel in tall grasses
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/14/2019
Long-tailed Weasel on the shoulder of a road
Title: Long-tailed Weasel on the shoulder of a road
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2019