Sable variant sable

I. Basic information

Chinese name: Golden Mink

Kingdom: Animal Kingdom

Door: Chordate

Subphylum: Chordate

Class: Mammalia

Subclass: Eutheria

Order: Carnivora

Family: Mustelidae

Genus: Mink

Species: Golden Mink

II. Morphological characteristics

The golden mink has a body length of about 40 cm, a weight of about 1 kg, a tail length of 12 cm, and a life span of about 8 to 15 years. Their limbs are short and strong, and the hind limbs are slightly longer than the forelimbs. Both fore and hind limbs have five toes, and both have flesh pads. The curved claws are semi-flexible, which is very suitable for climbing trees.

Three, living habits

Golden mink is good at climbing trees, agile and dexterous, and active in the deep forest. Except for mating period, they live alone. Active foraging day and night, but mostly at night.

The golden mink feeds on squirrels, chipmunks, voles, agaric mice, pikas, hares, pheasants, grouse, birds, bird eggs and insects, and sometimes fish and honey , various nuts and berries, etc.

Four. Breeding methods

The golden mink has a wiggly estrus phenomenon in spring, and the real estrus mating period is from June to August. The gestation period of golden mink is about 229~276 days. The fertilized eggs have a diapause period, and they can only implant and develop in 2~3 months of the following year, and each time they produce 2~4 cubs. Males are sexually mature at about 3? years old, females earlier.

The supply of gold mink is less than the demand all the year round, and the price remains high. Some unscrupulous merchants use artificial dyeing or low-grade fur to deceive consumers, so everyone buys mink in life. Be careful when making products!