Table 1 Scanned mustelid species alongside their locomotor habit. N = number of specimens for that species. Scan Location indicates the facility where CT scans were made: 1) Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2) Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire, UK and 3) University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Species | N | Common Name | Habit | Reference | Scan Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amblonyx cinereus | 2 | Asian small-clawed otter | Natatorial | Larivière [60] | 1 |
Arctonyx collaris | 1 | Hog badger | Fossorial | Nowak [73] | 1 |
Eira barbara | 2 | Tayra | Scansorial | Presley [80] | 1 |
Enhydra lutris | 1 | Sea otter | Natatorial | Estes [26] | 1 |
Galictis vittata | 1 | Greater grison | Generalized | Yensen & Tarifa [102] | 3 |
Gulo gulo | 1 | Wolverine | Generalized | Pasitschniak-Arts & Larivière [76] | 1,2 |
Ictonyx striatus | 2 | Zorilla | Fossorial | Larivière [59] | 1 |
Lontra felina | 1 | Marine otter | Natatorial | Larivière [57] | 1 |
Lontra longicaudis | 1 | Long-tailed otter | Natatorial | Larivière [58] | 1 |
Lutra lutra | 2 | Eurasian otter | Natatorial | Hung & Law [46] | 1 |
Lutrogale perspicillata | 1 | Smooth-coated otter | Natatorial | Hwang & Larivière [48] | 3 |
Martes americana | 2 | N. American marten | Scansorial | Clark et al. [14] | 3 |
Martes flavigula | 2 | Yellow-throated marten | Scansorial | Larivière & Jennings [61] | 1 |
Martes foina | 1 | Beech marten | Scansorial | Larivière & Jennings [61] | 1 |
Martes martes | 2 | Pine marten | Scansorial | Larivière & Jennings [61] | 1 |
Martes zibellina | 2 | Sable | Scansorial | Larivière & Jennings [61] | 1 |
Meles meles | 2 | European badger | Fossorial | Larivière & Jennings [61] | 1 |
Mellivora capensis | 1 | Honey badger | Fossorial | Vanderhaar & Hwang [98] | 1 |
Melogale moschata | 1 | Chinese ferret-badger | Fossorial | Storz & Wozencraft [95] | 1 |
Melogale orientalis | 1 | Javan ferret-badger | Fossorial | Nowak [73] | 1 |
Mustela erminea | 2 | Ermine | Generalized | King [54] | 1 |
Mustela eversmanii | 1 | Steppe polecat | Generalized | Larivière & Jennings [61] | 1 |
Mustela kathiah | 1 | Yellow-bellied weasel | Generalized | Larivière & Jennings [61] | 1 |
Mustela sibirica | 1 | Siberian weasel | Generalized | Law [62] | 1 |
Pekania pennanti | 1 | Fisher | Scansorial | Powell [79] | 1 |
Pteronura brasiliensis | 1 | Giant otter | Natatorial | Noonan et al. [72] | 1 |
Taxidea taxus | 2 | N. American badger | Fossorial | Long [65] | 1 |
Vormela peregusna | 1 | Marbled polecat | Generalized | Gorsuch & Larivière [32] | 1 |