In the grove of pecan trees about midway down the pasture lives a most unusual animal.  It stands erect like a curious meerkat, but runs like a squirrel.  The tail is long and bushy like a squirrel but easily twice as thick.  The face wears a black mask like a racoon but is much smaller and petite.  It climbs trees and lives in pairs. 

I would say it's a squirrel, but the black mask and size makes it so different from our typical gray variety.  It definitely isn't a racoon…  Any guesses?   

I googled weasel pictures and it sorta does look like one…however the tail was bushier and that darn mask.  Maybe it really WAS a mask and it was Zorro, the wonder squirrel out fighing bandidos for the barn. 

…or, go to the bottom of that page and click on wolverine. They have more of a mask.