MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Mustela sibirica

Accepted taxon: Mustela sibirica
Taxon:	Mustela sibirica
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 sibirica diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 2, ASH (Ash contents) 11, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 11, CP (Crude Protein) 54, 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 sibirica.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Rodentia	WHOLE	31.75	Nowak,R. …
Aves	WHOLE	11.11	Nowak,R. …
Mammalia	WHOLE	11.11	Smith,A. …
Rattus argentiventer	WHOLE	8.33	Smith,A. …
Ochotona	WHOLE	7.94	Nowak,R. …
Galliformes	WHOLE	7.14	Smith,A. …
Amphibia	WHOLE	5.95	Smith,A. …
Vertebrata	EGGS	4.76	Nowak,R. …
Menispermaceae	FRUIT	3.57	Smith,A. …
Anura	WHOLE	3.17	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	SEED	2.38	Smith,A. …
Osteichthyes	WHOLE	1.59	Nowak,R. …
Arthropoda	WHOLE	1.19	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 sibirica.
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…
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Scansonal	Scansonal	John L. G…
Temporal habits	nocturnal and crepuscular	nocturnal and crepuscular	John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Mustela sibirica.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	177	-	2,000	-	Freudenth…
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	-	531	-	-	Juhn, M.,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Mustela sibirica.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
femur diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	Nelson, A…
humerus diameter	nan	mm	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	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 sibirica.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Mustela sibirica	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela sibirica	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela sibirica	Smith,A. T., 2010, A guide to the mammals of China,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela sibirica	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Mustela sibirica	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 sibirica	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 sibirica	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 sibirica	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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