Mustela putorius (carnivore)
Variant names: Putorius putorius

Mass: 681 g based on Brzezinski et al. 1992 and Fournier et al. 2008

Diet: carnivore based on Rysava-Novakova and Koubek 2009

Abundance: 0.01 to 20.00% (median 0.13%)

Latitudinal range: 34.1° to 52.6°

Habitats: (15), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1)

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Found in 16 samples

Bulgaria: Osogovo Mountain (opportunistic study)

France: Noisetier Cave (Late Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Unit III) (Middle Pleistocene), Coudoulous I (Faunal Units IV and V) (Middle Pleistocene), Vergisson II (Late Pleistocene), Romain-la-Roche (Middle Pleistocene)

Iran: Wezmeh Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Iraq: Palegawra Cave (Late Pleistocene)

Poland: Zabia Cave (Layer 20) (Early Pleistocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 19) (Early Pleistocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 18) (Early Pleistocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 17) (Early Pleistocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 15) (Early Pleistocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 14) (Early Pleistocene)

Russia: Chernyshevskaya-III Cave (layer 3) (Holocene)

Turkey: Direkli Cave (Holocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass450 gN = 1Brzezinski et al. 1992
♀ body mass525 gN = 1Brzezinski et al. 1992
♀ body mass423 gN = 31Brzezinski et al. 1992
♀ body mass570 gN = 1Fournier et al. 2008
♀ body mass660 gN = 1Fournier et al. 2008
♀ body mass510 gN = 1Fournier et al. 2008
♀ body mass640 gN = 1Fournier et al. 2008
♂ body mass750 gN = 1Brzezinski et al. 1992
♂ body mass1400 kgN = 1Brzezinski et al. 1992
♂ body mass750 gN = 1Brzezinski et al. 1992
♂ body mass854 gN = 50Brzezinski et al. 1992
♂ body mass960 gN = 1Fournier et al. 2008
♂ body mass967 gN = 1Fournier et al. 2008
♂ body mass1250 kgN = 1Fournier et al. 2008
♂ body mass963 gN = 1Fournier et al. 2008
♂ body mass1304 kgN = 1Fournier et al. 2008
♂ body mass895 gN = 1Fournier et al. 2008
♂ body mass1070 kgN = 1Fournier et al. 2008
♂ body mass777 gN = 1Fournier et al. 2008
♂ body mass965 gN = 1Fournier et al. 2008
♂ body mass915 gN = 1Fournier et al. 2008

See also Mustela, Mustela altaica, Mustela erminea, Mustela eversmanii, Mustela itatsi, Mustela kathiah, Mustela nivalis, Mustela nudipes, Mustela palerminea, Mustela praenivalis, Mustela sibirica, Mustela sp., Mustela strandi, Mustela strigidorsa