BY ELISE AND TRISHA

Appearance

Brown fur on the back

Stoats and weasels are similar in appearance

Stoats have larger tails than weasels

Males are larger than females

Interesting Facts

A males weight is around 325 grams ,females are around about

205 grams

To tell the difference between a male and a female, the females

have ear tags

Stoats first were introduced to south island in 1884 to control

rabbits

Threats

If there was no food to eat they would eat our native birds

They are known predators of many native birds

They also eat heavily on reptiles and invertebrates

Where They
Live

Stoats are wide spread on the mainland but are absent from most
offshore islands

Stoats live in any habitat with plenty of cover and available prey

They can be found anywhere from beaches to remote high

country in any kind of forest, native or exotic, in scrub ,dunes
tussock grassland and farm pastures

How they came to

NZ

Stoats were introduced into NZ to control rabbits and hares

Stoats are now a major threat to native birds

The natural range of the stoats is limited to parts of the northern

hemisphere

How we can help eradicate them

Join a D.O.C volunteer project or a community conservation group

working with D.O.C

We can help D.O.C have a fundraiser to buy new traps

How D.O.C can help eradicate

them

They can get a lot of native birds and take care of them and raise
money