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European and North American foxes do not change their fur colour in the Winter, it remains the same. You are thinking of the Arctic Fox, which lives in the Far Northern regions of the world and keeps a white coat to camouflage it against the snow, both to avoid it's prey from spotting it and also to stop it from being seen easily by any larger animals that may prey on IT.
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∙ 11y agoto keep it warm, and to help it blend in whilst hunting and hiding from it predator.
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∙ 12y agoit helps it to blend in against the snow so it can hunt its prey without being seen.
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∙ 12y agoSo that they can blend into the snow during winter.
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∙ 11y agoTo camoflage and to keep it warm
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∙ 13y agoto camouflage them and keep the heat in
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∙ 14y agoAn Ermine.
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∙ 12y agocamouflage
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What color does a stoat turn in spring?
A stoat turns brown with a white belly in spring.
What color is a stoat?
In mild conditions and most of the year round the stoat has chestnut brown fur with an off white underside but in winter they turn white
Do weasels change colour in the winter?
Yes, they can, but only in very cold countries. For example, they would rarely do so in the United Kingdom. When a weasel's fur turns white, it is known as miniver, same as how a stoat becomes an ermine when in its winter pelt.
What are stoat adaptations?
The stoat moves in a sinous manner while locating its prey. It has brown furry coat in summer to keep it cool and white in winter to keep it warm.
What fur was traditionally used to decorate robes in the house of lords?
Ermine, which is the white winter coat of a stoat.
What is the name of a white rodent indigenous to North Dakota?
A Short Tailed Weasel, Ermine or Stoat, but they are only white when in their winter coat.
What is a white animal looks like ferret with a black tipped tail in Montana?
You saw either an ermine - a stoat with winter colouration - or a weasel, some populations of which, especially in areas that have snowy winters such as Montana, also grow a white coat with a black tip to the tail, in winter.
Is the ptarmigan the only bird that turns white in winter?
That depends. Do you mean the only bird that TURNS white or birds that ARE white?
What color does the Arctic fox turn in summer?
its turns grey
Why do winter fox fur turns white in the winter?
camoflauge, it aids in hunting in the snow.
What is the difference between a stoat and a weasel?
The terms stoat and ermine are terms for the long tailed and short tailed weasels in their winter coats. A stoat is a weasel. I has a black tip on its tail and turns white in the winter keeping the black tipped tail. Stoats are larger and have black tips on the end of their tails all year round The Stoat can be easily told from the weasel by the simple fact that its tail is blacked and it's figure is slightly the bigger. The terms stoat and ermine are terms for the long tailed and short tailed weasels in their winter coats.
Where does the stoat live?
The stoat is the European name for the short-tailed weasel, Mustela erminea, also called ermine when in its white winter coat can be found almost everywhere throughout the northern temperate, subarctic and Arctic regions, Asia, Canada, northern USA and lives mostly in grasslands of Eurasia and North America. Their habitat is to make their dens in the old roots of a tree or in the crevice of a rock. Stoat or Ermines are capable of having several dens or in the roots of trees farther south, but there are no trees on the tundra. The Stoat was introduced to New Zealand during the late 1800's in an attempt to control the rabbit population and is considered a serious pest as a predator of native wildlife. The stoat is considered to be the prime cause of the decline and/or extinction of a number of endemic New Zealand bird species. Stoats are largely nocturnal or crepuscular but will sometimes come out during the day ====== ====== == ==
