Ermine

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Ermine may refer to three species of mustelid in the genus Mustela, or their fur:

• Stoat or Eurasian ermine, Mustela erminea, found throughout Eurasia and northern North America
• American ermine, Mustela richardsonii, found throughout North America aside from most of Alaska and the Arctic
• Haida ermine, Mustela haidarum, endemic to Haida Gwaii and the Alexander Archipelago on the Pacific Northwest coast of North America

Ermine may also refer to:

• Ermine (heraldry), the white winter fur and black tail end of the stoat, which is historically worn by and associated with royalty and high officials
• "Ermine marks" are dark patches of color on the white limb of a horse, just above the level of the hoof
• Ermine moth, a family of moths
• Ermine, a northern suburb of Lincoln, England
• Ermine Street, a Roman Road running from London to Lincoln and York
• Ermine, Kentucky, a town in the U.S. state of Kentucky
• Ermine (band), a Canadian progressive rock band