MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Mustela eversmanii

Accepted taxon: Mustela eversmanii
Taxon:	Mustela eversmanii
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 eversmanii diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 11, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 7, CP (Crude Protein) 59, EE (Ether Extract) 22. 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 eversmanii.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Muridae	WHOLE	21.67	Nowak,R. …
Ochotona	WHOLE	16.67	Nowak,R. …
Rodentia	WHOLE	14.44	Nowak,R. …
Marmota	WHOLE	10.00	Nowak,R. …
Spermophilus	WHOLE	9.72	Smith,A. …
Aves	WHOLE	6.94	Smith,A. …
Cricetinae	WHOLE	6.67	Nowak,R. …
Aves	EGGS	5.56	Smith,A. …
Reptilia	WHOLE	4.17	Smith,A. …
Vertebrata	WHOLE	2.78	Smith,A. …
Insecta	WHOLE	1.39	Smith,A. …

^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 eversmanii.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	– 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	Animalivore	Animalivore	– 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 Mustela eversmanii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	612	-	2,050	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	1,684	-	-	Juhn, M.,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Mustela eversmanii.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
OPD (l)		n/a	2	2	-	-	-	16	-	-	Evans, Al…
OPD (u)		n/a	2	2	-	-	-	25	-	-	Evans, Al…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Nelson, A…
BMR,mlO2/h	nan	mlO2/h	4	4	-	-	-	435	-	-	Genoud, M…
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 Mustela eversmanii.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Mustela eversmannii	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.	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Mustela eversmanni	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Mustela eversmanii	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela eversmanni	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted
Mustela eversmanii	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
Mustela eversmanii	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 eversmanii	Genoud, M., Isler, K. and Martin, R.D., 2018. Comparative analyses of basal rate of metabolism in mammals: data selection does matter. Biological Reviews, 93(1), pp.404-438.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela eversmanii	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
Mustela eversmannii	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.	51: Name variant or misspelling of the taxon	Verified - Accepted

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