I have a humerus of a small carnivore from an Early Medieval site in Ireland (GL 26mm; SD 1.3mm) that matches best with weasel (weasel is not native to Ireland). The closest alternative is stoat although it seems too small and the dimensions compare best with those of a humerus of a male weasel held in the QUB reference collection. Unfortunately we only have unsexed bones of stoat and no female weasel bones and the collections in both the Ulster Museum (Belfast) and Natural history Museum (Dublin) are also inaccessible at present.
I was wondering if anyone had comparative measurements they could send me of sexed stoat or weasel humeri: greatest length (GL) and SD?
Many thanks,
Emily
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Dr Emily Murray
School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology (GAP), Queen's University Belfast
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