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A case of a weasel climbing trees

TitleA case of a weasel climbing trees
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1965
AuthorsJeanne RL
JournalJournal of Mammalogy
Volume46
Pagination344-345
KeywordsWEASELS
Abstract

At 8:00 am on 1 July 1963 in the Populus-Quercus forest on the ridge just south of UMBS near Pellston, Michigan, a companion and I watched a long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata) pursue and capture an eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus). The following account combines our observations.