Ermine
# Ermine

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
