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Prefectural Natural Monument
Mammals
Japanese Stoat (Honshu ermine)
Mustela erminea nippon
The Honshu stoat is a small weasel of Honshu's high mountains, brown in summer and white in winter except for a black tail tip. It swiftly chases mice, small birds and other prey. It lives in limited areas such as the mountains of Nagano and is designated a Natural Monument of Nagano Prefecture.
- Scientific name
- Mustela erminea nippon
- Group
- Mammals
- Prefectures
- Nagano
- 日本語
- ホンドオコジョ
- 简体中文
- 本州白鼬（日本短尾鼬）
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The Japanese Stoat (Honshu ermine) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Nagano.
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