. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. ERMINE WEASEL. CARNIYORA. 19J MUSTELAD^.. ERMINE WEASEL. STOAT, STOUT, GREATER WEASEL. Mustela erminea. (Linn.) Specific Character.—Body reddish brown above, white beneath (in winter wholly or partially white) ; extremity of the tail black. Mustela erminea, Lirnr. Fn. Sueo. II. p. 6, n. 17.—Syst. Nat. L p. 68. Desmak. Mammal, p. 180, sp. 277. Fe. Cdvieb, in Diet, des Sc. Nat. XXIX. p. 250. Flem. Brit. An. p. 13. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 13. Viverra erminea, Shaw, Gen. Zool. I. p. 426, t. xcix. Foetorim Erminea, Keys, and Blas. Wi
. A history of British quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. Mammals. ERMINE WEASEL. CARNIYORA. 19J MUSTELAD^.. ERMINE WEASEL. STOAT, STOUT, GREATER WEASEL. Mustela erminea. (Linn.) Specific Character.—Body reddish brown above, white beneath (in winter wholly or partially white) ; extremity of the tail black. Mustela erminea, Lirnr. Fn. Sueo. II. p. 6, n. 17.—Syst. Nat. L p. 68. Desmak. Mammal, p. 180, sp. 277. Fe. Cdvieb, in Diet, des Sc. Nat. XXIX. p. 250. Flem. Brit. An. p. 13. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 13. Viverra erminea, Shaw, Gen. Zool. I. p. 426, t. xcix. Foetorim Erminea, Keys, and Blas. Wirbelth. 69, 145. Blas. Wirbelth. Deutsch. I. p. 228. In the summer dress :— Rosdet, BuFFON, Hist. Nat. VII. p. 240, t. xxxi. f. 1. Stoat, Pekn. Brit. Zool. p. 84. In the winter dress :— VHermine, Bufpoit, 1. c. p. 240, t. xxix. f. 2. Ermine, Penn. 1. u. p. 84. The habits of the Stoat or Ermine, in this country at least, differ from those of the Weasel, principally with relation to the difference of size. Although much more. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bell, Thomas, 1792-1880; Tomes, Robert F; Alston, Edward Richard, 1845-1881. London, J. Van Voorst
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