ʻO ka ermine he holoholona nani a palupalu hoʻi, kahi lunamakaʻāinana o ka ʻohana weasel. Hiki i nā kāne kāne makua i ka lōʻihi o 38 centimita, a ʻo ka lōʻihi o ka huelo ma kahi o 12 centimetri. Pōkole nā wāwae o ka ermine, lōʻihi ka ʻāʻī, a he ʻano triangular ko ka waha a me nā pepeiao liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi. Kaupaona nā kāne mākua o ka ermine i ka 260 gram. Aia ke kala i ka ermine i ke kau. I ke kauwela, ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula ke kala, a keʻokeʻo a ʻōmaʻomaʻo iki ka ʻōpū. I ka hoʻoilo, lilo nā ermine i keʻokeʻo i ke kala. Eia kekahi, maʻamau kēia kala no nā wahi kahi e moe ai ka hau ma kahi o kanahā mau lā o ka makahiki. ʻO ka wēlau o ka huelo o ka ermine e hoʻololi ʻole i kona kala - ʻeleʻele mau ia. ʻO nā wahine o ka ermine he hapalua ka nui o nā kāne.
I kēia lā, hoʻokaʻawale nā ʻepekema he iwakāluakūmāono mau ʻāpana o kēia mammal, e like me ke kala o ka hulu i ka hoʻoilo a me ke kauwela, ka nui o ke kanaka makua.
Kahi noho
Pālahalaha ʻo Stoat ma ka ʻāina ʻo Eurasia (ma nā latitude temperate, arctic a me subarctic). ʻIke pinepine ʻia ma nā ʻāina Scandinavian, nā ʻōnaehana mauna Pyrenees, a me nā kuahiwi. Loaʻa ka ermine ma Afghanistan, Mongolia. Hoʻonui ʻia ka pae i nā ʻĀkau hikina o Kina a me nā ʻākau o Iāpana.
Loaʻa ka ermine ma Kanada, ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a ma Greenland hoʻi. Ma Rūsia, hiki ke loaʻa kēia holoholona ma Siberia, a ma nā moku ʻo Arkhangelsk, Murmansk a me Vologda, ma Komi a me Karelia, a ma nā ʻāina o ka Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Kaomi aku e hoʻonui i ka palapala ʻāina
Ma Nūhōlani, lawe ʻia mai e kaohi i ka heluna lāpaki, akā hana kope ʻole ʻia i hana ʻia ka ermine i kahi pest liʻiliʻi.
He aha ka mea e ʻai ai
ʻO ka papaʻai nui me nā rodents ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku i ka ermine i ka nui (lemmings, chipmunks, ʻiole wai, pikas, hamsters). Noho ʻo Stoat i pio ma nā lua, a i ka hoʻoilo ma lalo o ka hau.
ʻO kahi ermine makua me ka maʻalahi o ka hopu holoholona lāpaki, i nā manawa he nui a ʻoi aku ke kaumaha ma mua o ia. Hoʻopili pū ka ermine i nā manu nui loa, e like me nā ʻauʻau hazel, nā ʻauʻau lāʻau a me nā partridges. ʻAi ʻia nā ʻai a me kā lākou mau hua. ʻIke ka holoholona i nā iʻa me kona mau maka, a me nā kolo a me nā moʻo me ke kōkua o kāna lohe maikaʻi.
Inā ʻaʻole lawa ka meaʻai, a laila ʻaʻole e hoʻowahāwahā ka ermine i nā ʻōpala, a ʻaihue ʻia hoʻi me ka maʻalahi o ka ʻaihue ʻana mai nā poʻe i nā waihona iʻa a me nā iʻa i hoʻomākaukau ʻia no ka hoʻoilo. Akā ʻo ka nui o ka meaʻai e koi i ka ermine e ʻimi no nā lako i hiki ʻole ke ʻeli.
ʻEnemi kūlohelohe
ʻOiai ʻo ka ermine pili i ke kaʻina o nā mammal predatory, he nui nā ʻenemi kūlohelohe o kēia mau holoholona. ʻO kēia nā ʻalopeke ʻulaʻula a hina hoʻi, nā pika ʻAmelika, martens a me ilk (lawena marten). Hoʻoweliweli pū kekahi nā manu manu i ka ermine.
ʻO ka ʻalopeke ka ʻenemi kūlohelohe o ka ermine
Eia kekahi, ʻo nā ʻenemi o ka ermine he pōpoki kūloko. Make nā holoholona he nui mai nā parasite - annelids, i hāpai ʻia e nā shrews.
ʻIkepili Hoihoi
- Hiki ke loaʻa ke kiʻi o kahi ermine i nā hale aliʻi kahiko ma Palani, e laʻa me Blois. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka ermine ka hōʻailona o Anne o Breton, ke kaikamahine a Claude o Palani.
- I kekahi o nā kiʻi pena kaulana a Leonardo Da Vinci, "Portrait of a Lady with a Ermine", paʻa ʻo Cecelia Gellerani i kahi ermine keʻokeʻo hau ma kona mau lima.
- He poʻe hana hune loa nā Stoats. ʻAʻole lākou i ʻike pehea e kūkulu ai i nā lua no lākou, no laila noho lākou i nā lua o nā rodents i hoʻomākaukau ʻia.
