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7, Cade
1958
Mustela nixosa
24 June Barrow, Alaska
While Pete Sovalik, Brock and
I were locating plots for Schuety
near T9E10, Pete saw a weasel run
into a hole in some peat clumps which
had been dug up along an old pipe
line. The animal soon reappeared at
the entrance to watch us, and by
digging out the burrow and chasing
him across the tundra a warp, we
were able to catch him. Pee is now
in a terrarium in our lab. The animal
is an adult male in full summer
pelage. Seems to be quite calm in
captivity.
Weasel sign - scats and eaten remains
of lemmings in nets (see under Lemmuses)
- are extensive all over the tundra
around Barrow. They have been found
around transects 1, 2 on gasoline ridge,
around G6E also on ridge ground,
and around 9E10 on interweldite ground.
Also all over Central Marsh, in the
can area back of QBL and south of
Central Marsh within 1 mile of the
geyser well, which is as far out as I
have investigated. More weasels were
seen by us last summer, although