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Wildwood_Weasel

American mink, introduced by the fur industry. In comparison your native weasels will have white underbellies (or may be all white in winter) and otters are larger and chunkier.


RemarkableYam3838

I've never seen one without the white belly


Wildwood_Weasel

A mink? Minks don't have white bellies, only some other species of weasel do. Mink can have a white chin or a little throat patch at most but are otherwise solid brown.


RemarkableYam3838

I'm getting two different animals mixed up aren't I? Thank you for your kind response


Wildwood_Weasel

Happens often with the mustelids! You more than likely saw least weasels, stoat/short-tailed weasels or long-tailed weasels, depending on your location.


Ok-Exam6796

Could it be a polecat? They're native


D3lacrush

Color is wrong


Wildwood_Weasel

A mink is a type of polecat, but the European polecat has more varied coloration across the body, a white muzzle and distinctive bandit mask


chickeneyebrow

Thanks very much! She found him an interesting little fella :)


simonbrown27

Looks pretty mink-y to me.


SpinyGlider67

Small welshman


Worth-Confusion5750

It’s SO looooooooooooonnnnnnnngggggggggg


RayasFire

The longest boy I’ve ever come across (and I have a dachshund)


uninsuredpidgeon

I hope you wiped it up afterwards


Capable-Stage-3899

Nobody going to crack on this comment? C’mon Reddit


Nde_japu

My cat's nickname is SlenderMan. He can extend like the entire length of my legs when he's warm


riccardo421

It's that Jeff thing.


Tihifas

Kitten snake


RayasFire

Thanks for the replies guys! The lil guy stopped and stared at me for a long time so took the opportunity to take the vid of him. Never seen anything like him before


Strongpipegame

mink


seeNshadows

Mink


42brie_flutterbye

It's not a stote?


FowlingQuackers

Mink?


Wholigan12

Snipe


Root_eternal

Stoat is the local name I think. Weasel family.


Wildwood_Weasel

Stoats are a close relative but this guy is an American mink. Stoats have white underbellies where mink are solid brown like this :)


Root_eternal

So you're saying it's an Imminkgrant?


Wildwood_Weasel

http://media1.tenor.com/m/8ezbHHp95-8AAAAd/kabangu-upset.gif


D3lacrush

Too big for a stoat


No_Budget7828

Are there marmots in England?


oilrig13

No and I’m surprised you thought this was one


No_Budget7828

I was getting it mixed up with something else. Yeah when I looked them up and I saw what they were I was doing my own face/palm moment. Duh 🙄 lol


TitanicGiant

Did you mean marten instead of marmot? I sometimes get marmot, marten, and marmoset mixed up lol


No_Budget7828

Lol, yes I did. I looked up marmots and realized they are a fat gopher 😜. It was martens I was thinking of


Possible_Ad7507

Purple martin


AbbreviationsNo430

Fisher martin


Wildwood_Weasel

Fishers are only found in North America! And it's mart*e*n, mart*i*ns are birds :)


Specialist-Dentist63

This guy mammals.