This is the only other member of the weasel family in the Adirondacks to develop a white coat in winter (December-March or April). The terminal one-fourth to one-third of the tail remains black ...

During winter they turn as white as the driven snow, but they retain the black-tipped tail. In my encounter with the short-tailed weasel, I was amazed at how fast its short legs carried it over ...

Longtail weasels in more southerly regions don’t turn white in winter, and the ones in the transition zone turn only ...