🧐Who have we here?🧐 Hint: it's one of Vermont's six Mustelids (members of the weasel family)! Post your guesses in the comments, and we'll reveal the fieldmarks we used to ID this critter tomorrow morning. Update 3/14: And the answer is... MINK! The size is the main thing here. We used those old maple leaves for a rough sense of scale, letting us estimate that it's bigger than a grey squirrel but smaller than a house cat. That means this critter is too big to be a short-tailed or long-tailed w

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42 reactions | The polecat is member of the mustelid family, which includes the stoat, badger and otter, and is roughly the size of a ferret - its domesticated cousin. Until recently polecats were on the brink of extinction caused by persecution. However, the good news is they have been undergoing a recovery and can be found in rural Wales and parts of England. We have captured some great footage of them on the beaver enclosure trail cameras. | Cheshire Wildlife Trust | Facebook

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