BADGER 🦡 🦦

Location: woodlands 15 minutes west of Madison, WI. Notice black tip tail.

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u/Wildwood_Weasel 🦦 Mustelid Enthusiast 🦡 3h ago

Yes, either long-tailed or short-tailed weasel. Looks like both species have similar tail lengths in WI so without a definite size measurement or color video I can't tell which.

Here's a long-tailed weasel in WI and a short-tailed weasel (both deceased but no blood or gore).

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u/JorikThePooh 🦠 WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST 🦠 1h ago

In my experience in that area, short-tails are far more common than long-tails. I've done small mammal trapping nearby and while we caught maybe 10 short-tails total we found no long-tails.

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u/Wildwood_Weasel 🦦 Mustelid Enthusiast 🦡 1h ago

If you ever catch a LTW there ask him why he can't have the distinctive coloration of his relatives further west, it would make my job so much easier 😔

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