🦡Sable
The sable is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kazakhstan, China, North Korea, and Hokkaido, Japan.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 1.07 kg
- Body length
- 0.51 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 22 years
Everything we know about the Sable
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.07 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.07 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.51 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass19 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan22 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 18 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length5.71 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.3 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation30 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 30 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range13 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.07 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Sable yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyMustelidae
- ›genusMartes
- ›speciesMartes zibellina
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyMustelidae
- subfamilyMartinae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyMustelidae
- subfamilyMartinae
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