What member of the weasel family is over 1 meter or 3 feet long?
"injured as if his or her skin were cut by a scythe. In the past, this was thought to be ""the deed of an invisible ""yōkai"" weasel"". An alternate theory, asserts that ""kamaitachi"" is derived from , so were not originally related to weasels at all. Weasel A weasel is a mammal of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae. The genus ""Mustela"" includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets and minks. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slender bodies and short legs. The family Mustelidae (which also includes badgers, otters, and wolverines) is often"
"Mustelidae The Mustelidae (; from Latin ""mustela"", weasel) are a family of carnivorous mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, martens, mink, and wolverines, among others. Mustelids are diverse and the largest family in the order Carnivora, suborder caniform. The internal classification is still disputed, with rival proposals containing between two and eight subfamilies. One study, published in 2008, questions the long-accepted Mustelinae subfamily, and suggests that the Mustelidae consist of four major clades and three much smaller lineages. Mustelids vary greatly in size and behaviour. The least weasel can be under a foot in length, while the giant otter can measure"
"secretion which reportedly takes a month to wash away. Siberian weasel The Siberian weasel (""Mustela sibirica"") is a medium-sized weasel native to Asia, where it is widely distributed and inhabits various forest habitats and open areas. It is therefore listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Siberian weasels have long, stretched out bodies with relatively short legs, but are more heavily built than solongois, stoats and least weasels. Their heads are elongated, narrow and relatively small, and their ears are broad at the base, but short. Their tails represent half their body length. Siberian weasels are much larger"
"3–4 cm in length. The underfur is dense and loose fitting. Siberian weasels are monotone in colour, being bright reddish-ocherous or straw-red, though orange or peach tones are sometimes noticeable on the skin. These tones are especially bright on the back, while the flanks and underbelly are paler. A dark, coffee-brown mask is present on the face. Their tails are more brightly coloured than the back, and are fluffier than those of other members of the genus. The lips and chin are white or slightly ochreous. The front of the muzzle is darker than the remaining parts of the head."
"Amazon weasel The Amazon weasel (""Mustela africana""), also known as the tropical weasel, is a species of weasel native to South America. It was first identified from a museum specimen mislabelled as coming from Africa, hence the scientific name. The largest of the three species of South American weasel, Amazon weasels measure in total length, including a tail long. They have a typical body form for weasels, with a long, slender, torso and short legs and ears. They have short fur which varies from reddish to dark brown on the upper body, and is pale orange-tan on the underparts. A"
"English ""cobbe"" (leader of a group); an adult female is a ""pen"". Swans are the largest extant members of the waterfowl family Anatidae, and are among the largest flying birds. The largest species, including the mute swan, trumpeter swan, and whooper swan, can reach a length of over and weigh over . Their wingspans can be over . Compared to the closely related geese, they are much larger and have proportionally larger feet and necks. Adults also have a patch of unfeathered skin between the eyes and bill. The sexes are alike in plumage, but males are generally bigger and"
"Atelidae The Atelidae are one of the five families of New World monkeys now recognised. It was formerly included in the family Cebidae. Atelids are generally larger monkeys; the family includes the howler, spider, woolly, and woolly spider monkeys (the latter being the largest of the New World monkeys). They are found throughout the forested regions of Central and South America, from Mexico to northern Argentina. Atelid monkeys are small to moderate in size, ranging from 34 to 72 cm in head-body length, with the howler monkeys being the largest members of the group, and the spider monkeys being the"
"volatiles, including thietanes and dithiacyclopentanes. The smell and chemical composition of these chemicals are distinct from those of the stoat. The least weasel moves by jumping, the distance between the tracks of the fore and hind limbs being . Dimensions vary geographically, to an extent rarely found among other mammals. Least weasels of the ""vulgaris"" group, for example, may outweigh the smaller races by almost four times. In some large subspecies, the male may be 1.5 times longer than the female. Variations in tail length are also variable, constituting from 13–30% of the length of the body. Average body length"
"Yellow-bellied weasel The yellow-bellied weasel (""Mustela kathiah"") is a species of weasel. It lives in the pine forests of Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. The yellow-bellied weasel is rated ""Least Concern"" by the IUCN Red List. The yellow-bellied weasel is named for its yellow-colored underbelly. The top of its body and the tail are dark brown. Yellow-bellied weasels have a body length of 9.8-10.6 inches (25–27 cm.) and a tail length of 4.9-5.9 inches (12.5–15 cm.). The tail is about half the length of the body. Yellow-bellied weasels weigh approximately 3.3 pounds (1.5 kg.). Yellow-bellied weasels"
"Siberian weasel The Siberian weasel (""Mustela sibirica"") is a medium-sized weasel native to Asia, where it is widely distributed and inhabits various forest habitats and open areas. It is therefore listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Siberian weasels have long, stretched out bodies with relatively short legs, but are more heavily built than solongois, stoats and least weasels. Their heads are elongated, narrow and relatively small, and their ears are broad at the base, but short. Their tails represent half their body length. Siberian weasels are much larger than stoats and solongois, and almost approach ferrets and"
"Actaeon beetle Actaeon beetle (""Megasoma actaeon"") is a rhinoceros beetle belonging to the Scarabaeidae family. The species name ""actaeon"" derives from the name Actaeon of a famous Theban hero, son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, trained by the centaur Chiron. Actaeon beetle is one of the largest of all beetles, measuring up to across, with a body length of about . The males can grow to be 13 cm (5.4 in) long by 4 cm (1.6 in) thick . The dorsal surfaces are glabrous, matte or shiny black. The legs are powerful, with large tarsal claws."
"Rhinostomus barbirostris Rhinostomus barbirostris, common name Bottlebrush Weevil or Bearded Weevil, is a species of true weevil family. ""Rhinostomus barbirostris"" can reach a length of , excluding beak. It is probably the third largest weevil in the world. The basic color is black. The pronotum is as long as wide and densely punctate. The elytra bear distinct striae and are deeply punctate. Males have characteristic long reddish gold hairs on the apical portion of the long, straight, and dorsally dentate rostrum. The antennae are long and slender, and strongly elbowed. The front tibiae have two or more large, sharp teeth"
"developed most of her Womble characters around members of her family, and named them after places the family had associations with. Wombles are essentially burrowing animals. They have retractable claws (like cats), but as they mostly live in long-established burrows, they rarely use these even for digging. Their size and physical appearance has changed somewhat over the years: in the original editions of the books, Wombles are pictured as bear-like and between 3 and 5 feet (about 1–1.5 metres) in height, making them only slightly smaller than adult humans. This changed with the TV series where they were portrayed as"
"Egyptian weasel The Egyptian weasel (""Mustela subpalmata"") is a species of weasel that lives in northern Egypt. It is rated ""Least Concern"" by the IUCN Red List. The Egyptian weasel has short legs, a small head, and small ears. Its tail is long and thin. The weasel has a broad snout. The upper part of the body is brown and the lower part is cream-colored. Sizes for the Egyptian Weasels are: -Male head-body length: 36.1–43 cm -Female head-body length: 32.6–39 cm -Male tail length: 10.9-12.9 cm -Female tail length: 9.4–11 cm -Male weight: 60-130g -Female weight: 45-60g. The Egyptian weasel"
"stoat to cross into North America. However, unlike the latter species, the long-tailed weasel never crossed the land bridge, and did not spread into Eurasia. The long-tailed weasel is one of the larger members of the genus ""Mustela"" in North America. There is substantial disagreement both on the upper end of their size and difference in size by sex by source: one indicates a body length of and a tail comprising 40–70% of the head and body length. It adds that In most populations, females are 10–15% smaller than males, thus making them about the same size as large male"
"tropical and Australian passerines. More recently, the grouping has been refined somewhat and the fantails have been classified in a ""core corvine"" group with the crows and ravens, shrikes, birds of paradise, monarch flycatchers, drongos and mudnest builders. The following three subspecies are widely recognised: An adult willie wagtail is between in length and weighs 17–24 g (0.6–0.85 oz), with a tail 10–11 cm (approx 4 in) long. The short, slender bill measures 1.64–1.93 cm (around 0.75 in), and is tipped with a small hook. This species has longer legs than other fantails, which may be an adaptation to foraging"
"Varied carpet beetle The varied carpet beetle (""Anthrenus verbasci"") is a 3 mm-long beetle belonging to the family Dermestidae. They are a common species, often considered a pest of domestic houses and, particularly, natural history museums, where the larvae may damage natural fibers and can damage carpets, furniture, clothing, and insect collections. ""A. verbasci"" was also the first insect to be shown to have an annual behavioral rhythm and to date remains a classic example of circannual cycles in animals. Adult ""A. verbasci"" range in length from . The body is rounded, almost spherical. The elytra and pronotum are covered"
"stoats, according to a second source. A third states they range from 11 to 22 inches (280–560 mm) in length, with the tail measuring an additional 3 to 6 inches (80–150 mm). It maintains the long-tailed weasel weighs between 3 and 9 ounces (85-267 g) with males being about twice as large as the females. The eyes are black in daylight, but glow bright emerald green when caught in a spotlight at night. The dorsal fur is brown in summer, while the underparts are whitish and tinged with yellowish or buffy brown from the chin to the inguinal region. The"
"in the family, the older name Psophodidae has priority. If the Malaysian rail-babbler is also included, the name Eupetidae has priority. The Malaysian rail-babbler has now been shown to be unrelated to the others, probably being an early offshoot of the Passerida. Another study found the quail-thrushes and jewel-babblers to be related to each other but did not show them to have a close relationship with ""Psophodes"" or ""Ifrita"". Whipbirds and wedgebills are 19–31 cm long. They are mainly olive-green or brown in colour and have a crest. The quail-thrushes and jewel babblers are medium-sized songbirds, 17–28 cm in length."
"Spotted weever The spotted weever, ""Trachinus araneus"", is a fish of the family Trachinidae, order Perciformes, and class Actinopterygii. It is up to 45 cm long, brown and yellow on the head and back, paler below with darker spots along the sides. The shape of its body is long and laterally flattened, the mouth almost is vertical in the head. The front half of the first dorsal fin is black and consists of three spines which are highly poisonous, as are the backward facing spines on the extremities of the gill covers.. The spotted weever lives close to the bottom"
"been captured with up to seven young attached to their teats. White-bellied woolly mouse opossum The white-bellied woolly mouse opossum (""Marmosa constantiae"") is a small pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It was formerly assigned to the genus ""Micoureus"", which was made a subgenus of ""Marmosa"" in 2009. The second half of the species name was given in honour of Constance Sladen (née Anderson), wife of the naturalist Percy Sladen. This is one of the larger mouse opossums, with a head=body length of , a tail in length, and weighing from . The fur is thick and woolly, and is"
"Eutrachelus temmincki Eutrachelus temmincki is a species of straight-snouted weevils belonging to the family Brentidae. Species name honors Coenraad Jacob Temminck (31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858), a Dutch zoologist. ""Eutrachelus temmincki"" is the largest species in the family Brentidae and has one of the longest snouts among beetles. These giant weevils can reach a length of in males (including snout), while females are smaller (about 65 mm.), with a narrower head and snout. Body is elongated, with a long snout and more or less developed jaws. The basic color is black with small orange to red spots on"
"The white wagtail is a slender bird, in length (East Asian subspecies are longer, measuring up to ), with the characteristic long, constantly wagging tail of its genus. Its average weight is and the maximum lifespan in the wild is about 12 years. There are a number of other subspecies, some of which may have arisen because of partial geographical isolation, such as the resident British and Irish form, the pied wagtail ""M. a. yarrellii"", which now also breeds in adjacent areas of the neighbouring European mainland. The pied wagtail, named for naturalist William Yarrell, exchanges the grey colour of"
"Long-tailed weasel The long-tailed weasel (""Mustela frenata""), also known as the bridled weasel or big stoat, is a species of mustelid distributed from southern Canada throughout all the United States and Mexico, southward through all of Central America and into northern South America. It is distinct from the short-tailed weasel, also known as a ""stoat"", a close relation which originated in Eurasia and crossed into North America some half million years ago. The long-tailed weasel is the product of a process begun 5–7 million years ago, when northern forests were replaced by open grassland, thus prompting an explosive evolution of"
"Stoat The stoat (""Mustela erminea""), also known as the short-tailed weasel or simply the weasel in Ireland where the least weasel does not occur, is a mammal of the genus ""Mustela"" of the family Mustelidae native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip. Originally from Eurasia, it crossed into North America some 500,000 years ago, where it naturalized and joined the notably larger, closely related native long-tailed weasel. The name ""ermine"" is used for any species in the genus ""Mustela"", especially the stoat, in its"
"being about knee-high to humans, with pointy snouts like those of raccoons. In the book and movie ""Wombling Free"" they are described as ""short, fat, and furry"", roughly between three or four feet (about 1 metre) in height. Wombles are herbivores and are very fond of mushrooms. They eat a variety of plants, fungi, and tree products that human beings cannot (or will not) eat, so daisy buns, acorn juice, fir-cone soufflé, elm bark casserole and grassbread sandwiches are part of the Womble menu – augmented by any food left behind on the Common by human beings. All Wombles are"
"higher above the ground than other species in the genus. Great woodswallows are cooperative breeders, with most young adults remaining for a number of years with their parents to raise young. Great woodswallow The great woodswallow (""Artamus maximus""), also known as the greater woodswallow, giant woodswallow or New Guinea woodswallow is a species of bird in the family Artamidae. As its name implies, it is the largest member of the genus ""Artamus"", averaging in length and in mass. In appearance the great woodswallow is very similar to the more widespread white-breasted woodswallow but can be distinguished by its darker black"
"not been thoroughly studied in the wild, and knowledge of its behavioral patterns is unsure. It reportedly has been kept as a working pet by local ranchers to destroy rodents. Patagonian weasel The Patagonian weasel (""Lyncodon patagonicus"") is a small mustelid that is the only member of the genus ""Lyncodon"". Its geographic range is the Pampas of western Argentina and sections of Chile. An early mention of the animal is in the Journal of Syms Covington, who sailed with Charles Darwin on his epic voyage aboard ""HMS Beagle"". The Patagonian weasel has a head and body length of , with"
"in the den they may hold it in their mouth all the way back to them. , 42 subspecies are recognised. Long-tailed weasel The long-tailed weasel (""Mustela frenata""), also known as the bridled weasel or big stoat, is a species of mustelid distributed from southern Canada throughout all the United States and Mexico, southward through all of Central America and into northern South America. It is distinct from the short-tailed weasel, also known as a ""stoat"", a close relation which originated in Eurasia and crossed into North America some half million years ago. The long-tailed weasel is the product of"
"in physique and appearance to harpy, crowned or monkey-eating eagles of the tropics (subfamilies Circaetinae and Harpiinae), while Jackson's trilogy provided a more traditional interpretation, with birds similar to the golden eagle. In ""The Lord of the Rings"" film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, these creatures are 6 m (20 ft) tall with a maximum wingspan of 23 m (75 ft). A notable deviation from the book is that Gandalf summons Gwaihir to Orthanc with the aid of a by-passing moth (the role of Radagast was not included in the film). The same moth also appears to him before the"
"introduced species. Dreissenidae The Dreissenidae are a family of small freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs. They attach themselves to stones or to any other hard surface using a byssus. The shells of these bivalves are shaped somewhat like those of true mussels, and they also attach themselves to a hard substrate using a byssus, however this group is not at all closely related to true mussels, being more closely related to the venus clams (Veneridae). Genera within the family Dreissenidae include: The shells of species of mussels in this family range from 20–40 mm in their maximum dimension, and about"
"are nearly four inches long. This quite common species can be found in Australia (Queensland), Papua New Guinea and Moluccas (Aru Island, Kei Island) . Batocera wallacei Batocera wallacei, common name Wallace’s long-horn beetle, is a species of flat-faced longhorns beetle belonging to the Cerambycidae family, Lamiinae subfamily. The species name honors Alfred Russel Wallace, who discovered this longhorn beetle on the Aru Islands in Indonesia. It was named after him by James Thomson in 1858. ""Batocera wallacei"" is a huge long-horn beetle reaching about of length in the males, while the females are smaller. The length of the antenna"
"fitted with muzzles were used to chase rabbits out of their warrens and into waiting nets. Ferret The ferret (""Mustela putorius furo"") is the domesticated form of the European polecat, a mammal belonging to the same genus as the weasel, ""Mustela"" of the family Mustelidae. They typically have brown, black, white, or mixed fur. They have an average length of including a tail, weigh about , and have a natural lifespan of 7 to 10 years. Ferrets are sexually dimorphic predators with males being substantially larger than females. Several other Mustelids also have the word ""ferret"" in their common names,"