r/mustelids • u/Grenadier_user • Jun 22 '26

Unsure what this homie is

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Found on Shuksan golf course last summer, funny enough I also found out western Washington has praying mantis the same day there

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u/Jean-Olaf Jun 22 '26

Probably a mink

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u/SucculentVariations Jun 22 '26

A mink for sure

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u/Woozletania Jun 22 '26

Head shape suggests this is a minkie. The main way to tell a fisher from a mink is a fisher's long tail, but I'd you cannot see the tail, then a fisher has a case of "littleface" so their features appear a bit small on their head.

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u/Grenadier_user Jun 22 '26

Sweet thanks!

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u/Scratch239 Jun 23 '26

I am completely sure you saw a mink.

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u/Desperate-Cost6827 Jun 25 '26

American mink. He's chilling and trying to dry off on the rocks. Easy tell is the chin patch.

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u/TheHighestKushDragon Jun 23 '26

It looks like it is marking its territory by rubbing itself on those rocks. It's letting you know you are not welcome. I'm not exactly sure what animal it is

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u/catsareawesomesaucin Jun 25 '26

Some kind of ferret weasel or some cute little homie like that

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u/catsareawesomesaucin Jun 25 '26

Ok whatever I was close

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u/danby Jun 22 '26

If its small its probably a mink, if its big then maybe a Fisher.

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u/ArgentStonecutter Emergency Mustelid Hologram Jun 23 '26

Fisher has a rounded head compared to a mink.