MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Mustela lutreola

Accepted taxon: Mustela lutreola
Taxon:	Mustela lutreola
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| CANIFORMIA \| Mustelidae \| Mustelinae \| Mustela
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Mustela lutreola diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 2, ASH (Ash contents) 18, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 11, CP (Crude Protein) 56, EE (Ether Extract) 14. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Mustela lutreola.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Microtus richardsoni	WHOLE	28.57	Nowak,R. …
Rodentia	WHOLE	23.81	Nowak,R. …
Amphibia	WHOLE	19.05	Nowak,R. …
Mollusca	WHOLE	14.29	Nowak,R. …
Brachyura	WHOLE	9.52	Nowak,R. …
Insecta	WHOLE	4.76	Nowak,R. …

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Mustela lutreola.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	John L. G…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	John L. G…
Temporal habits	nocturnal and crepuscular	nocturnal and crepuscular	John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Mustela lutreola.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	437	-	1,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	8	-	8	-	-	536.9	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	5	-	-	5	-	870.8	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	25	-	-	25	-	976.9	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	14	-	-	14	-	854.3	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	7	-	7	-	-	667	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	5	-	-	5	-	214.3	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	25	-	-	25	-	407	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	14	-	-	14	-	391	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	7	-	7	-	-	365	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	8	-	8	-	-	351	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Mustela lutreola.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
OPD (l)		n/a	2	2	-	-	-	23	-	-	Evans, Al…
OPD (u)		n/a	2	2	-	-	-	35	-	-	Evans, Al…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	Nelson, A…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Mustela lutreola.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Mustela lutreola	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela lutreola	Evans, Alistair R., Gregory P. Wilson, Mikael Fortelius, and Jukka Jernvall. Ã¢â‚¬Å“High-Level Similarity of Dentitions in Carnivorans and Rodents.Ã¢â‚¬Â Nature 445, no. 7123 (December 13, 2006): 78Ã¢â‚¬â€œ81. doi:10.1038/nature05433.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela lutreola	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela lutreola	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela lutreola	Nelson, A., Engelman, R.K. and Croft, D.A., 2023. How to weigh a fossil mammal? South American notoungulates as a case study for estimating body mass in extinct clades. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 30(3), pp.773-809.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela lutreola	Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E., 2013. Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica, 145, pp.1-513.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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