Long tail or regular weasel.

[Stef]

Got two large ones in boxes with rat traps today close to home.
But I think for the first time in my life, I'm not sure if they are long tail weasels or Hermine- regular weasels. Because they could be super jumbo hermine / weasels or small long tail weasels.

What is the "scale" measurements of Hermine and also long tail weasel?

I will add a picture later if needed before skinning them.

[Stef]

Here's one

[juliocamaro]

Long tail's pics. (La plus longue est un mâle adulte). Stef, c'est la plus grosse long tail que j'ai vu!

[RdFx]

Long tail and ive caught larger ones than that over the years.. pretty...

[Jarhead620]

What is the "scale" measurements of Hermine and also long tail weasel?

Shorttail: Head and Body length
Males-6-9 inches
Females-5-7.5 inches

Longtail: Head and Body length
Males-9-10.5 inches
Females-8-9 inches

From your photo it could be a large male Shorttail or a Longtail of either sex. Was it a male or female? I can't tell from the pic. Are the majority of your weasels Shorttails?

These measurements are from A Field Guide To The Mammals by Burt & Grossenheider.

Larry

[Stef]

On stretcher = a large.
Take a look...



I've caught some as large as small mink. I'll try to find a picture or two.

I think this one is a very big male weasel "Hermine" (both of them today were large males)
Usually, long tail weasel has a longer tail.
I might be wrong...
I was saying all this because yes I did catch big long tail weasels (accidental catch) in marten-fisher and raccoon boxes before but I never make this accomplishment in a weasel box with a rat trap as "the trap"...LoL

Stef

[Stef]

Thanks Larry

Are the majority of your weasels Shorttails?

yep

[Stef]

Well, I found one pic in my photobucket and I think long tail weasels have longer tail like I said in the above post.
Both weasels today were very big short tail weasel "hermine"

Here's a pic of a nice short tail compared to a long tail weasel...NOTICE the lenght of the tail on the long tail.

[CoonDuke]

Here's a longtail a friend caught a couple years ago...

[Jarhead620]

Stef,
I should have included the tail measurements. They are:

Shorttail:
male-2.25-4 inches
female-2-3 inches

Longtail:
male-4-6 inches
female-3-5 inches

That indicates that your specimen is a Shorttail (Mustela erminea).

Larry

[Stef]

Yes, a nice one anyway Larry...Thanks.
Now, we know what we are talking about...LoL

[Stef]

Look how this one small...LoL
Fresh frozen from today

[RdFx]

Okay on the longtail, my mistake. As Stef said you can get males the size of female mink...