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Detailed explanation-1: -MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP)-The elusive weasel-like mammal poked its head out of the wooden crate, glanced around and quickly darted into the thick forest of Mount Rainier National Park-returning to a landscape where it had been missing for seven decades.

Detailed explanation-2: -At Mount Rainier National Park fall is the best season to spot elk and deer. Summer into fall is the best season to view marmots, pikas, golden-mantled ground-squirrels and chipmunks. Mountain goats can be seen most of the year but stay high in winter. Black-tailed deer can be spotted in forested habitats.

Detailed explanation-3: -NPS. Several other mammal species are found in Mount Rainier National Park including black bears, coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, Cascade red foxes, fishers, raccoons, minks, striped skunks, and short and long-tailed weasels.

Detailed explanation-4: -At a height of 14, 410 feet, Mount Rainier is the highest volcanic peak in the contiguous United States. It has the largest alpine glacial system outside of Alaska and the world’s largest volcanic glacier cave system (in the summit crater).

Detailed explanation-5: -The endangered Northern Spotted Owl lives in the mature conifer forests at lower elevations, and other forest birds live in the mixed forests from 3, 500 to 5, 000 feet.