Mink

• Average size 19-36 inches in length, including a 6-8 in. tail.
• Average weight 1-3 lbs.
• Average 2-6 young born in April- May.
• Young are born blind and helpless, covered in coat of fine, short, silvery-white hair.
• Den is usually under roots of a tree near water, hole in the bank of a stream, house of muskrats that they have evicted or killed.
• Weasel like carnivore.
• Eat small mammals, birds, eggs, frogs, crawfish, fish, reptiles and amphibians.
• Fur is dark chestnut brown with occasional white spots on chin, throat and abdomen.
• Pelage is soft and dense overlaid with longer, blackish guard hairs.
• Chiefly nocturnal and solitary except when in family groups.
• Excellent swimmer typically found around stream banks and lake shores.
• Tireless wanderers traveling several miles in search of food.