Mustela frenata nevadensis Hall Long-tailed Weasel

_Specimens examined._--Total, 5: MV 7891/507, [Male], from the

"Garden" [= Indian Cornfield]; [Female], MV 7892/507, also from

the "Cornfield"; MV 7859/507, "Killed by car on Prater Grade";

[Male], MV 7871/507, in winter pelage, from the North Rim; and

[Male], 83464, killed on the road 1/2 mi. NE of the tunnel,

Morfield Canyon.

C.W. Quaintance in 1935 reported that on January 11, he and Mr. Nelson

saw a weasel attack a cottontail, and on March 9, while on the snow

plow, Mr. Nelson witnessed another cottontail being killed by a weasel.

Weasels in white winter pelage have been recorded in December and

January. The brown pelage has been seen as late as November.

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