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Ermine

Mustela erminea Linnaeus 1758

behavioral circadian rhythm

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nocturnal
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q309179

Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the night and sleeping during the day

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crepuscular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000078

Definition: active primarily during dawn and dusk

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body shape

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bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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developmental mode

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altricial
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/altricial

Definition: Parent(s) provide food and thermoregulation (e.g., passerines).

Attribution: Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109

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diet includes

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fish
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q152

Definition: vertebrate animal that lives in water and (typically) has gills

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amphibians
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10908

Definition: class of tetrapods, whose living forms include frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians

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insects
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1390

Definition: a class of mainly terrestrial arthropods

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eggs
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q17147

Definition: organic vessels in which embryos first begin to develop

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birds
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5113

Definition: class of tetrapods

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geographic distribution

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northern hemisphere
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39061

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habitat

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fossorial and/or ground dwelling only
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/groundDwelling

Definition: An organism that spends most of its time on the ground or underground.

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boreal forests (taiga)
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/boreal_forests_taiga

Attribution: https://www.worldwildlife.org/biomes/boreal-forests-taiga

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riparian wetland
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/riparianWetland

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temperate
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000206

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scrubland
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000300

Definition: Area covered with low-growing or stunted perennial vegetation and usually not mixed with trees.

Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl

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has sexual dimorphism

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male larger
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/male_larger

Comment: Auto-added during harvest #67. A human needs to edit this.

Attribution: Fairbairn

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mating system

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promiscuous
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000067

Definition: A member of one sex mates with any member of the opposite sex

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migration

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nonmigratory
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/nonmigratory

Definition: Does not make seasonal movements between breeding and wintering grounds.

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motility

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actively mobile
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile

Definition: uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis

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native range includes

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the Palearctic
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447

Definition: largest of the eight ecozones constituting the Earth's surface

Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palearctic.png

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The Nearctic
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742

Definition: one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface

Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg

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parental care

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female provides care
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCareFemale

Definition: the female feeds and nurtures offspring

Attribution: Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109

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provisioning
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2874419

Definition: supplying materials, especially food

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no parental care
URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/BP_NO

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protection
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2251595

Definition: action or precaution against a threat against an uncertainty or possible unpleasant events

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social system

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solitary
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/solitary

Definition: Solitary animals are those that spend a majority of their lives without others of their species, with possible exceptions for mating and raising their young. Antonyms for a solitary animal include a social animal or a colonial animal.

Attribution: https://www.definitions.net/definition/solitary+animal

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trophic guild

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carnivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875

Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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vertivore
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/vertivore

Definition: carnivorous animal which eats primarily vertebrates

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