[ **up: [[Carnivorans]]** ] --- # Sables (*Martes zibellina*) - Sables are arboreal.[^1] - Sables eat small animals, and eggs.[^1] + [[2024-0602. Short video of a sable, showing its partially retractable claws.]] --- ## Reproduction - [[2024-0602. Sables have a long gestation period of about 250-300 days, although embryonic development takes only a month.]][^1] - This is caused by “delayed implantation” of the fertilised egg into the uterine wall.[^1] - Embryonic development takes about 25–30 days.[^2] + Sable litters generally range from one to four.[^1] --- ## Taxonomy - **[[Life (Biology)]]** - **[[Eukaryotes|Eukaryota (Domain)]]** - [[Animals|Animalia (Kingdom)]] - [[Chordates|Chordata (Phylum)]] - [[Mammals|Mammalia (Class)]] - [[Therians]] - [[Placentals|Eutherians]] - [[Carnivorans|Carnivora (Order)]] - [[Martes (Genus)]] - [[Sables|Martes zibellina]] [^1]: ‘Sables’, *Encyclopaedia Britannica* (online edition), updated 3 May 2024, https://www.britannica.com/animal/sable. [^2]: ‘Sable’, *Wikipedia*, updated 18 April 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sable.