Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok IV. - Natura Somogyiensis 15. / Miscellanea 4. (Kaposvár, 2009)
Lánszki József - Valkár Béla: Adatok a Magyarországon élő nyest, közönséges görény és menyét külső morfológiájához
228 Natura Somogyiensis distribution of polecat carcasses collected was the following, winter: 7, spring and summer: 10 and autumn: 17. The polecat bodies originated from: Nógrád county: 17, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county: 13, and Transdanubian region: 4. The weasel carcasses origined from all seasons; south Transdanubian region: 9, western Transdanubian region: 2 and Borsod county: 1. In the post mortem examination general data (location, date, cause of death), sex, body weight (BW, to the nearest 0.1 or 1 g for weasel and 5 or 10 g for marten and polecat), body length (BL, length from nose to anus), tail length (TL, from anus to tail tip, excluding terminal hairs), hind foot length (FL), ear length (EL) were recorded. The examined bodies were categorised into adult and juvenile age groups according to body weight, measurements and teeth characters. A part of the bodies was so damaged after the road accident that it was not possible to measure all dimensions, therefore different sample sizes can be found in some traits in Table 1. Results and discussion The mean body weight (BW), body length (BL), tail length (TL), hind foot length (FL) and ear length (EL) data of the stone marten are summarized in Table 1. Sexual dimorphism was marked: males were bigger and heavier than females (independent samples t-tests, PO.OOl in all parameters). In juvenile age group of stone marten the mean (±SE) BW in males (n=16) and females (n=5) was 1311±39.3 g and 899±33.6 g, BL 436±6.2 mm and 382±14.8 mm, TL 238±4.3 mm and 197±19.7 mm, respectively. Adults were slightly heavier than those stone martens which were studied in Germany (males: 1619.3g, females: 1233.2 g; Stubbe 1993), data in other parameters were similar. The body weight and external morphologic data of the polecat are summarized on Table 1. Adult males were heavier and longer than females (independent samples t-tests, Table 1: External morphologic parameters of adult stone martens (Martes foina), polecats (Mustela putorius) and weasels (Mustela nivalis) in Hungary ParameterStone marten Polecat Weasel Males Females Males Females Males BW (g) MeaniSE Min.-max. n 1703±31.8 1410-2310 41 1309±25.9 1010-1510 30 1363±49.0 1120-1800 15 728±34.2 600-890 8 145.7il3.16 112-220 8 BL (mm) MeaniSE 450±2.8 419±25.9 410±4.4 358±8.5 212.9i5.87 Min.-max.430-509 353-456 380-440 310-390 194-239 n 39 30 15 8 8 TL (mm) MeaniSE 255±2.5 24U3.6 158±3.5 143±5.9 68.9i2.34 Min.-max.218-300 212-280 130-190 120-170 61-83 n 39 29 16 8 8 FL (mm) MeaniSE 90±0.7 82±2.9 64±1.7 57±2.4 32.8il.29 Min.-85-95 73-90 55-70 52-60 28-39 n 20 9 9 3 8 EL (mm) MeaniSE 33±0.6 30±1.7 20±1.2 16±1.4 Min.-28-40 23-35 16-27 13-20-n 24 22 10________ 1-Notes: BW: body weight, BL: body length, TL: tail length, FL: hind foot length, EL: ear length, n: number of individuals measured.
