Long-tailed weasels turn up across a wide slice of New Mexico, from the Bosque del Apache and Sevilleta wildlife refuges along the Rio Grande to the pine country of Cibola and Santa Fe national forests. That spread fits a hunter that follows rodent prey through nearly any habitat with enough cover, wetland to alpine.
Reports rise through late spring and peak in July, when young weasels are out of the den and more likely to be seen by day. New Mexico’s NatureServe rank for the species is S4, Apparently Secure. Its records, spread thinly across refuges, forests, and the river corridor rather than piling up in one place, suggest a weasel that’s simply hard to spot rather than genuinely scarce.
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