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MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Martes martes

Accepted taxon: Martes martes


Accepted taxon: Martes martes
Taxon: Martes martes
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 martes diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 3, ASH (Ash contents) 10, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 16, CP (Crude Protein) 52, EE (Ether Extract) 20. 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 martes.
TSN Complete name Part Ratio a. Reference(s)
Mammalia WHOLE 15.50 Grzimek,B…
Rodentia WHOLE 9.48 Grzimek,B…
Clethrionomys glareolus WHOLE 8.80 Zalewski,…
Soricidae WHOLE 8.29 Zalewski,…
Vertebrata WHOLE 7.98 Zalewski,…
Muridae WHOLE 7.54 Grzimek,B…
Microtus WHOLE 7.21 Zalewski,…
Sciurinae WHOLE 6.12 Nowak,R. …
Vertebrata CARRION 5.91 Zalewski,…
Apodemus WHOLE 5.35 Zalewski,…
Magnoliopsida FRUIT 4.37 Nowak,R. …
Carabidae WHOLE 4.24 Zalewski,…
Hymenoptera WHOLE 4.17 Zalewski,…
Magnoliopsida SEED 2.66 Zalewski,…
Magnoliopsida EXUDATES 2.38 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 martes.
Trait Selected Value All Value(s) Reference(s)
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981 Carnivore Carnivore Brian K. …
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009 Animalivore Animalivore Brian K. …
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981 Arboreal Arboreal,Scansonal Christoph…
Temporal habits nocturnal nocturnal John L. G…

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Martes martes.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
Condylobasal Length (CBL) Balearic Islands mm 21 - - 21 - 87.8 - 0 Monakhov,…
Condylobasal Length (CBL) Denmark mm 10 - 10 - - 79.2 - 1 Monakhov,…
Condylobasal Length (CBL) Karelia mm 72 - - 72 - 83 - 0 Monakhov,…
Condylobasal Length (CBL) eastern Germany mm 15 - 15 - - 79.83 - 0 Monakhov,…
Condylobasal Length (CBL) Kirov Oblast, Russia mm 32 - - 32 - 80.8 - 0 Monakhov,…
Condylobasal Length (CBL) Denmark mm 23 - - 23 - 87.1 - 0 Monakhov,…
Condylobasal Length (CBL) Finland mm 27 - 27 - - 78.9 - 0 Monakhov,…
Condylobasal Length (CBL) Caucasus mm 34 - 34 - - 78.37 - 0 Monakhov,…
Condylobasal Length (CBL) eastern Germany mm 38 - - 38 - 86.41 - 0 Monakhov,…
Condylobasal Length (CBL) Balearic Islands mm 17 - 17 - - 79.9 - 0 Monakhov,…
Condylobasal Length (CBL) Finland mm 37 - - 37 - 85.61 - 0 Monakhov,…
Condylobasal Length (CBL) Karelia mm 30 - 30 - - 76.8 - 0 Monakhov,…
Condylobasal Length (CBL) Kirov Oblast, Russia mm 31 - 31 - - 73.58 - 0 Monakhov,…
Condylobasal Length (CBL) Caucasus mm 33 - - 33 - 85.36 - 0 Monakhov,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements b. for Martes martes.
Measurement Location Unit n Total n Unknown n Female n Male Min Mean Max SD Reference(s)
OPD (l) n/a 2 2 - - - 27 - - Evans, Al…
OPD (u) n/a 2 2 - - - 32 - - Evans, Al…
gestation period day 19 - 19 - 249 - 286 - Monakhov,…
gestation period day 10 - 10 - 240 - 264 - Monakhov,…
gestation period day 5 - 5 - 265 - 279 - Monakhov,…
Head-body length cm - - - - 45 - 49 - Monakhov,…
Head-body length cm - - - - 42 - 52 - Monakhov,…
Head-body length cm - - - - 40 - 57 - Monakhov,…
Head-body length cm - - - - 38 - 47 - Monakhov,…
Head-body length cm - - - - 39 - 52 - Monakhov,…
Head-body length cm - - - - 42 - 50 - Monakhov,…
Head-body length cm - - - - 41 - 49 - Monakhov,…
Head-body length cm - - - - 38 - 44 - Monakhov,…
Head-body length cm - - - - 35 - 42 - Monakhov,…
Head-body length cm - - - - 36 - 46 - Monakhov,…
Height at the withers cm - - - - - - - - Monakhov,…
length of lower toothrow eastern Germany mm 47 - - 47 - 35 - 0 Monakhov,…
length of lower toothrow eastern Germany mm 30 - 30 - - 33 - 0 Monakhov,…
Length of the lower molar Poland mm 133 - - 133 - 10 - 0 Monakhov,…
Length of the lower molar Poland mm 103 - 103 - - 9 - 0 Monakhov,…
Length of upper toothrow eastern Germany mm 47 - - 47 - 31 - 0 Monakhov,…
Length of upper toothrow eastern Germany mm 30 - 30 - - 29 - 0 Monakhov,…
mastoid width (MW) eastern Germany mm 38 - - 38 - 41 - 0 Monakhov,…
mastoid width (MW) Finland mm 37 - - 37 - 40 - 0 Monakhov,…
mastoid width (MW) Caucasus mm 34 - 34 - - 37 - 0 Monakhov,…
mastoid width (MW) Caucasus mm 33 - - 33 - 40 - 0 Monakhov,…
mastoid width (MW) Kirov Oblast, Russia mm 32 - - 32 - 35 - 0 Monakhov,…
mastoid width (MW) Kirov Oblast, Russia mm 31 - 31 - - 33 - 0 Monakhov,…
mastoid width (MW) Finland mm 27 - 27 - - 36 - 0 Monakhov,…
mastoid width (MW) Denmark mm 23 - - 23 - 42 - 0 Monakhov,…
mastoid width (MW) Balearic Islands mm 21 - - 21 - 36 - 0 Monakhov,…
mastoid width (MW) Balearic Islands mm 17 - 17 - - 36 - 0 Monakhov,…
mastoid width (MW) eastern Germany mm 15 - 15 - - 38 - 0 Monakhov,…
mastoid width (MW) Denmark mm 10 - 10 - - 38 - 1 Monakhov,…
Mean length of upper molar Sweden mm 29 - - 29 - 7 - - Monakhov,…
Mean length of upper molar Sweden mm 20 - 20 - - 6 - - Monakhov,…
Mean width of upper molar Sweden mm 29 - - 29 - 9 - - Monakhov,…
Mean width of upper molar Sweden mm 20 - 20 - - 8 - - Monakhov,…
Number of young Vologda unitless 186 - 186 - - 3 - 0 Monakhov,…
Number of young Perm unitless 57 - 57 - - 4 - 0 Monakhov,…
Number of young Arkhangelsk region unitless 49 - 49 - - 4 - 0 Monakhov,…
Number of young Kirov unitless 49 - 49 - - 3 - 0 Monakhov,…
Number of young Sverdlovsk unitless 48 - 48 - - 4 - 0 Monakhov,…

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


Table 5. List of Data Sources for Martes martes.
Taxon Reference Match Status
Martes martes McNab,B. K., 1986, The influence of food habits on the energetics of eutherian mammals, Ecological Monographs 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Martes martes Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Martes martes Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Martes martes Evans, Alistair R., Gregory P. Wilson, Mikael Fortelius, and Jukka Jernvall. “High-Level Similarity of Dentitions in Carnivorans and Rodents.” Nature 445, no. 7123 (December 13, 2006): 78–81. doi:10.1038/nature05433. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Martes martes Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Martes martes Grzimek,B., 2003, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals I-V, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Martes martes Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world, 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Martes martes Zalewski, A., 2007. Does size dimorphism reduce competition between sexes? The diet of male and female pine martens at local and wider geographical scales. Acta Theriologica, 52(3), pp.237-250. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted
Martes martes 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 martes Monakhov, V., 2022. Martes martes (Carnivora: Mustelidae). Mammalian Species, 54(1022), p.seac007. 1: Exact Taxon match Verified - Accepted

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