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Stoat (Mustela erminea), member of the weasel family, 1828. A native of Asia, North America and Europe. In the colder parts of its range the animals have a white winter coat with black tail tip, the source of the fur Ermine. From British Quadrupeds by William MacGillivray, one of the volumes in William Jardine's Naturalist's Library series. (Edinburgh, 1828).