Weasels/Stoats/Ermines: Ferocious Yet Beautiful Predators of the Valley Floor.

Explore the natural history of Valley Floor residents the Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata) and Short-tailed Weasels (Mustela erminea), also called stoats or ermine. These beautiful creatures are brown in the summer and stark white in the dead of winter...with a spot of black on the tip of the tail. Listen to Voices of the Valley Floor-a and Fauna to learn more about these ferocious, yet charismatic and bouncy predators that find their home on our valley floor. Photo: Short-tailed weasel juveniles (Mustela erminea) found at the Lucarelli house. Photo Credit: S. Gaylord