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		<title>The American Ermine</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-american-ermine/" title="The American Ermine" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ae1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="American ermine" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ae1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ae1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/ae1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The American ermine, aka American stoat, is found throughout Canada, United States, and Greenland. They have the classic weasel style body; that being long, slender, and having short legs. They may face the threats of habitat loss and destruction at the hands of residential and commercial developments; hunting; and trapping, [&#x2026;]</p>
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		<title>The Adorable, but Fierce, Ermine</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-adorable-but-fierce-ermine/" title="The Adorable, but Fierce, Ermine" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="138" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ermine1a-300x138.png" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="ermine" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ermine1a-300x138.png 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ermine1a-800x368.png 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ermine1a.png 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The ermine, aka Beringian ermine, Bonaparte weasel, Eurasian ermine, stoat, short-tailed weasel, or winter weasel, can be found throughout Asia, Europe, Greenland, North America, and Oceania. These critters prefer alpine meadows, marshes, riparian woodlands, shrubby fencerows, and open areas near forests and shrub borders. Due to a wide-spread population and [&#x2026;]</p>
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