MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Martes foina

Accepted taxon: Martes foina
Taxon:	Martes foina
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| CANIFORMIA \| Mustelidae \| Mustelinae \| Martes
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 Martes foina diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 2, ASH (Ash contents) 8, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 11, CP (Crude Protein) 36, EE (Ether Extract) 16. 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 Martes foina.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Microtus	WHOLE	28.57	Smith,A. …
Rodentia	WHOLE	22.86	Nowak,R. …
Aves	WHOLE	17.14	Nowak,R. …
Vertebrata	EGGS	11.43	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	SHOOT	7.14	Nowak,R. …
Elaeagnus	FRUIT	7.14	Smith,A. …
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	5.71	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 Martes foina.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Frugivore-omnivore	Frugivore-omnivore	– Juhn, M., Balisi, M., Doughty, E., Friscia, A., Howenstine, A., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S., Van Valkenburgh, B. 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology. None(None), pp.1-10. Available at: 10.1017/pab.2024.27.
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Frugivore	– Juhn, M., Balisi, M., Doughty, E., Friscia, A., Howenstine, A., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S., Van Valkenburgh, B. 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology. None(None), pp.1-10. Available at: 10.1017/pab.2024.27.

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Martes foina.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	710	-	2,500	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	41	-	-	41	-	1,648.05	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	1,675	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	24	-	24	-	-	1,335.83	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	9	9	-	-	-	1,058	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	9	9	-	-	-	395.8	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	41	-	-	41	-	491.1	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	24	-	24	-	-	456.5	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Martes foina.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
OPD (l)		n/a	2	2	-	-	-	28	-	-	Evans, Al…
OPD (u)		n/a	2	2	-	-	-	32	-	-	Evans, Al…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	21	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	58	-	-	Nelson, A…
relative blade length (RBL)	nan	unitless	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	Juhn, M.S…

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

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Martes foina.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Martes foina	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
Martes foina	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Martes foina	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Martes foina	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Martes foina	Law, C.J., Blackwell, E.A., Curtis, A.A., Dickinson, E., Hartstone‐Rose, A. and Santana, S.E., 2022. Decoupled evolution of the cranium and mandible in carnivoran mammals. Evolution.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Martes foina	DeMers, A.C., 2023. Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference (Doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University).	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Martes foina	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
Martes foina	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
Martes foina	Juhn, M.S., Balisi, M.A., Doughty, E.M., Friscia, A.R., Howenstine, A.O., Jacquemetton, C., Marcot, J., Nugen, S. and Van Valkenburgh, B., 2024. Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology. Paleobiology, pp.1-10.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Martes foina	Rowan, J., Beaudrot, L., Franklin, J., Reed, K.E., Smail, I.E., Zamora, A. and Kamilar, J.M., 2020. Geographically divergent evolutionary and ecological legacies shape mammal biodiversity in the global tropics and subtropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(3), pp.1559-1565.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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