Sable or oil painting are not manufactured from sable hair, but from that of the Siberian weasel. Sable The sable ("Martes zibellina") is a species of marten, a small carnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments, of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kazakhstan, China, North Korea and Hokkaidō, Japan. Its range in the wild originally extended through European Russia to Poland and Scandinavia. Historically, it has been hunted for its highly valued dark brown or black fur, which remains a luxury good to this day. While hunting is still common in
Dietary biology of the golden eagle of the diet. Everything in this diverse family from least weasels ("Mustela nivalis"), the smallest mammalian carnivore, to wolverines ("Gulo gulo"), the largest terrestrial mustelid, have turned up as prey in golden eagle nests. The members of this family which are most regularly hunted are probably the martens, such as the American marten ("Martes americanus"), pine marten ("Martes martes") and beech marten. The young of larger species are also occasionally hunted in Scotland and Ireland, including Eurasian otters ("Lutra lutra") and Eurasian badgers ("Meles meles"). Similarly, amongst wolverines, “young and inexperienced” specimens are usually targeted as prey by golden eagles.