Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata)

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Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata)

Citation:

Abundance of mesocarnivores in two vegetation types in the southeastern region of Mexico.

Author(s)
Hernández-Sánchez, A., Santos-Moreno, A. and Pérez-Irineo, G.
Issue
2
Volume
62
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Population Density Rainy season: 0.10, dry: 0.18 Estimated average density by season individuals/km2 NR Not Reported See citation Sierra de Oaxaca Exposure Factor Datasets MEXICO
Population Density Cloud forest: 0.26, semi-evergreen forest: 0.01 Estimated average density by vegetation type individuals/km2 NR Not Reported See citation Sierra de Oaxaca Exposure Factor Datasets MEXICO
Citation:

Survival and Predation of Weasels (Mustela erminea, Mustela frenata) in North America.

Author(s)
Linnell, M.A., Epps, C.W., Forsman, E.D. and Zielinski, W.J.
Issue
1
Volume
91
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Location Type
Survival/ Mortality Review Daily survival Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality Review Annual survival index Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Breeding habits of captive long-tailed weasels (Mustela frenata)

Author(s)
Wright, Philip L.
Pages
338-344
Year
Volume
39
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Age at Sexual Maturity 3 mo Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Time of Hatching or Parturition April Both Male and Female Neonate Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Time of Mating/ Laying Apr. - Aug. Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 279 d Female Adult 18 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Clutch or Litter Size young/litter Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Clutches or Litters per year 1 litter/yr Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

The sexual cycle of the male long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata)

Author(s)
Wright, Philip L.
Pages
343-352
Year
Volume
28
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Clutches or Litters per year 1 litter/yr Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Time of Hatching or Parturition Apr. Female Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Body Weight - Mean 287 g Male Adult 12 Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Notes on the ecology of weasels in Gunnison County, Colorado

Author(s)
Quick, Horace F.
Pages
281-290
Year
Volume
32
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition Microtus (52%); Peromyscus (19.5%); Eutamias (18.2%); Cynomys (2.6%); Thomomys (3.9%); Citellus (2.6%); Ochotona (1.3%); Vespula (6.5%); Tettigoniidae (2.6%) % occurrence in scats % Not Reported Not Reported 77 scats Gunnison County (elev., >7500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Population Density 2 #/mi2 Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Gunnison County (elev., >7500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range acres Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Gunnison County (elev., >7500 ft) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Growth and behavior of a litter of captive long-tailed weasels

Author(s)
Sanderson, Glen C.
Pages
412-415
Year
Volume
30
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Food Ingestion Rate 22 % body weight consumed/d Both Male and Female Juvenile 7 captured at Delta, Manitoba, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets 5-7 wks Laboratory
Food Ingestion Rate 24 % body weight consumed/d Both Male and Female Juvenile 7 captured at Delta, Manitoba, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets 8-10 wks Laboratory
Food Ingestion Rate 18 % body weight consumed/d Both Male and Female Adult 7 captured at Delta, Manitoba, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 107.6 g Male Juvenile 7 captured at Delta, Manitoba, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets 5 wks Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 86.2 g Female Juvenile 1 captured at Delta, Manitoba, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets 5 wks Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 178.6 g Female Adult 1 captured at Delta, Manitoba, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Growth Rate see citation figure of body weight (g) vs estimated age (d) g/d Both Male and Female Juvenile 7 captured at Delta, Manitoba, Canada Exposure Factor Datasets 35 - 100 d Laboratory
Age at Sexual Maturity d Male Adult Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Mustela frenata

Author(s)
Sheffield, Steven R. and Howard H. Thomas
Pages
1-9
Year
Volume
570
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Food Ingestion Rate review Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Growth Rate review Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Population Density review Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range review Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Measurement of weasel body size

Author(s)
Johnson, Donald R.
Pages
2277-2279
Year
Volume
69
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Body Weight - Mean 199.2 g Male Adult 46 northern/central ID and Whitman County, WA Exposure Factor Datasets 35.0 SD
Body Weight - Mean 98.9 g Female Adult 17 northern/central ID and Whitman County, WA Exposure Factor Datasets 14.4 SD
Citation:

Metabolism of weasels: The cost of being long and thin

Author(s)
Brown, James H. and Robert C. Lasiewski
Pages
939-943
Year
Volume
53
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Body Weight - Mean 297 g Male Adult Not Reported captured in White Pine County, NV Exposure Factor Datasets 36 SD Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 153 g Female Adult Not Reported captured in White Pine County, NV Exposure Factor Datasets 3 SD Laboratory
Metabolic Rate 1.36 standard metabolic rate at 32C, determined from oxygen consumption kcal/hr Male Adult 4 captured in White Pine County, NV Exposure Factor Datasets 0.2 Laboratory
Metabolic Rate 0.84 standard metabolic rate at 32C, determined from oxygen consumption kcal/hr Female Adult 4 captured in White Pine County, NV Exposure Factor Datasets 0.12 SD Laboratory
Surface Area SA = 6.04W^0.73 equation relating surface area (SA, cm2) to body weight (W, g), estimated from skin area cm2 Not Reported Adult Not Reported captured in White Pine County, NV Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Gestation period in the long-tailed weasel

Author(s)
Hall, E. Raymond
Pages
249-250
Year
Volume
19
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Clutch or Litter Size 4 young/litter Female Adult 1 captured at Tahoe City, California Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Winter and spring habits of weasels in central Iowa

Author(s)
Polderboer, Emmett B., Lee W. Kuhn and George O. Hendrickson
Pages
115-119
Year
Volume
5
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Dietary Composition Meadow mouse (42.37%); Harvest mouse (24.57%); Deer mouse (11.86%); Mearns cottontail (7.6%); Short-tailed shrew (5.92%); House mouse (2.54%); Tree sparrow (1.69%); Grasshopper (0.84%); Unidentified (2.54%) % frequency in scats % Not Reported Not Reported 97 scats Ames Exposure Factor Datasets
Dietary Composition Meadow mouse (43.7%); Harvest mouse (14.5%); Deer mouse (6.3%); Mearns cottontail (10.4%); Short-tailed shrew (4.2%); Shaw pocket gopher (2.1%); Least weasel (18.8%) % frequency in scats % Not Reported Not Reported 38 scats Ames Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 25 average distance traveled from den in one night rods Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Ames Exposure Factor Datasets
Population Density 4 #/160 acres Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported Ames Exposure Factor Datasets
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