Small, furbearing mammal with sharp teeth; turns white in winter, except the tip of its long tail.
Open areas (early successional stages of boreal forest, wetlands, tundra) with water for drinking
Voles, shrews, jumping mice, deer mice, other small mammals; some birds, insects, plants
Great horned owls, hawks, red foxes, goshawks
Ermines are chiefly nocturnal, but they also hunt during the day.
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