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Yellow-throated mink, commonly known as the green ferret, honey dog, yellow-waisted fox or yellow-waisted fox, body length 55 ~ 65 cm, tail length 38 ~ 45 cm, weight of about 2-3 kg, because its throat chest coat color is bright yellow, including the waist is yellow-brown, the upper edge has a clear black line, so it is called yellow-throated mink, the size is like a small fox, the short round ears look very cute, and very specially, it likes to eat honey, so it is also called honey dog!
Yellow-throated marten is also a national second-level protected animal in China, its habitat is below 3000 meters above sea level, from the Korean pine forest in The Xiaoxing'anLing Mountains in northeast China, the mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests in the Qinling Mountains, to the monsoon rain forests in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, and the alpine forests of Taiwan and Hainan, which have its traces, mainly in evergreen broad-leaved forests and mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest areas, large areas of hills or mountain forests.
Although the yellow-throated mink has short limbs, but their front and back limbs have 5 toes, and the toe claws are thick and curved and sharp, so they are very good at climbing the steep rocks of the trees, the action is absolutely agile, and the adaptability to the environment is also very strong, the nest of the yellow-throated mink is usually in the tree cave or stone cave, like to go out in the morning and dusk, but it also often appears during the day, typical carnivores, from insects to fish and small birds and beasts are among its predators, sables, squirrels, squirrels, young birds, ring-necked pheasants, spoon chickens, white storks, etc., small chamois, forest musk deer, impala and even small wild boar However, it will also eat some wild fruits and berry drops
Yellow-throated martens usually in June and July in estrus, the gestation period is in eight or nine months, every Year in May, each litter gives birth to 2 to 4 litters, the life of the reared yellow-throated mink can reach 14 years, but because of its large distribution area, so the breeding time may also be inconsistent, in southern China is generally in the spring breeding.