New Zealand Mammals
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DSC_6755 Stoat (Mustela erminea) male with orange-fronted parakeet. Introduced into New Zealand in 1884 (to control introduced rabbits), stoats have become a most difficult pest to control. Initially weasels were introduced along with stoats (and in greater numbers), but ultimately it is the stoat which has become the widespread pest. Both stoats and weasels are highly efficient predators of all of our native birds *
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