Martes zibellina

The sable is an animal that lives in cold, coniferous forests of northern Asia. It's currently described on Wikipedia as being an omnivore, as do other internet pages that plagiarize Wikipedia. However in the past they were described as carnivores that will eat berries, pine nuts, and other vegetation during winterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sable&oldid=40480502. However like most mustelids, they survive mostly on meat. They are diurnal, however when faced with heavy snow or frequent hunting by humans, they will change to nocturnal to survivehttps://animals.net/sable/. They live both in trees and in burrows. This creature was mentioned in Systema Naturae sixth edition (at most) by Carlus Linnæus as Muſtela zibellinaSystema Naturæ (Sixth Edition) by Carolus Linneaus "pg" 5.. 
== Name ==
Wiktionary says that our modern name originally comes from Old East Slavic's соболь (sobolĭ). It translates to the same thing. In time it has changed through the hands of language to sound the way it does in English nowhttps://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=smwl&oldid=62278072. It's scientific name zibellina comes from the Italian word for ithttps://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=zibellina&oldid=51703046, which also has its roots in sobolĭ. It's a very feminine sounding name to English ears.
== Impact ==
Sables have been coveted for their fur for thousands of years. They are currently farmed in Russia and Finland for their furhttps://academic.oup.com/mspecies/article/43/876/75/2642981?login=false. Sable is also a name, supposedly meaning black, but I knew a golden Pomeranian in the 90s named Sable and was told that the color sable is a kind of mixed shade.
For some reason in heraldry they call black "sable"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sable_(heraldry)&oldid=1065324767.
== See also ==
* Martes
* Weasels
* Ferrets
* Martens
== References ==