Mustela erminea

Stoat, Mustela erminea total PCBs liver 1093-16,510 LW 11... 

Sullivan, T. P., Crump, D. R., Wieser, H. and Dixon, E. A. (1990). Response of pocket gophers [Thomomys talpoides) to an operational application of synthetic semiochem-icals of stoat [Mustela erminea). Journal of ChemicalEcobgy 16,941-949. 

Animal Sources. The marine annelid worm Lumbrineris hetero-poda produces an insect toxin nereistoxin, 24, 4-N,N-dimethyl-amino-1,2-dithiolane (5 ). The mink MusteXa vison) affords 2,2-dimethylthietane, 14, and 3,3-dimethy1-1,2-dithiolane, 25 (28,63, 64), the ferret Musteta putoris) secretes 14, 25, cis- and trans-2,3-dimethylthietane, 2-propyl- and 2-pentyl-thietane, cis and trans-3,4-dimethyl-l,2-dithiolane, and 3-propyl-l,2-dithiolane (65), and the stoat (Mustela erminea) contains 2-ethyl-, 2-propyl-, and 2-pentyl-thietane, and 3-ethyl- and 3-propyl-l,2-dithiolane in its anal gland (5, ). These several thiaheterocycles from mustela species probably function as scent markers. 

Gorman ML (1984) The response of prey to Stoat Mustela erminea) scent. J Zool Lond 202 419 23... 

Mustela erminea). An efficient synthesis of thietans (74) has been achieved using P.T.C. and the thietans have been converted to their 1,1-dioxides (75) and then, by bromination and dehydrobromination, to the corresponding thiet 1,1-dioxides (76)... 

Crump, D. R. 1980. Thietanes and dithiolanes from the anal gland of the stoat (Mustela erminea). J. Chem. Ecol. 6, 341-347. 

Parsons, G.J. Bondrup-Nielsen, S. 1996. Experimental analysis of behavior of meadow voles Microtus pennsyl-vanicus) to odors of the short-tailed weasel Mustela erminea). 1996. Ecoscience, 3, 63-69. 

The large amount of physiological and nutritional work reported on mink does not include mention of the anal sac. It was not until 1976 that Sokolov reported the isolation of several volatile aliphatic acids from the anal sac secretion.Butyric acid was the most abundant, but acetic, propionic, 2-methylpropanoic, 3-methyl-butanoic, 2-methylbutanoic, and a small amount of pentanoic acids were also obtained. Schildknecht et al. published a communication reporting the volatile sulfur compounds in the anal sac secretions of the mink. Crump identified the major malodorous compound in the anal gland secretion of the male ermine or stoat (Mustela erminea)These results will be discussed subsequently together with our own. 

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