MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Mustela putorius

Accepted taxon: Mustela putorius
Taxon:	Mustela putorius
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 putorius diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 1, ASH (Ash contents) 12, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 8, CP (Crude Protein) 58, EE (Ether Extract) 21. 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 putorius.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Mammalia	WHOLE	33.33	Nowak,R. …
Aves	WHOLE	26.67	Nowak,R. …
Anura	WHOLE	20.00	Nowak,R. …
Osteichthyes	WHOLE	13.33	Nowak,R. …
Arthropoda	WHOLE	6.67	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 putorius.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Carnivore	Carnivore	A. R. Fri…
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Animalivore	Animalivore	A. R. Fri…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Scansonal	Scansonal	John L. G…
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Mustela putorius.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	27	-	-	27	-	1,138.2	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	976	-	-	Juhn, M.,…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	4	-	-	4	-	1,133.7	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	8	-	8	-	-	641.5	-	-	Nelson, A…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	3	-	3	-	-	506.7	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	8	-	8	-	-	341	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	3	-	3	-	-	317	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	27	-	-	27	-	409	-	-	Nelson, A…
Head-Body Length (HBL)	nan	mm	4	-	-	4	-	412	-	-	Nelson, A…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Mustela putorius.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
OPD (l)		n/a	2	2	-	-	-	20	-	-	Evans, Al…
OPD (u)		n/a	2	2	-	-	-	22	-	-	Evans, Al…
BMR (kJ/h)	nan	kJ/h	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	McNab, B.…
femur circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Nelson, A…
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus circumference	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Nelson, A…
neck length	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	46	-	-	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 Mustela putorius.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Mustela putorius	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela putorius	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela putorius	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 putorius	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela putorius	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela putorius	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 putorius	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
Mustela putorius	McNab, B.K., 2008. An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 151(1), pp.5-28.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela putorius	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 putorius	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

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