American Sable
As Marten rabbit two closely related, in terms of their skin color genetically the same breed rabbits are referred to, the United Marten ( weight 4-5 kg) and the marten rabbit (sometimes small marten ) with a weighs between 2,5 3.25 kg.
Appearance of the marten rabbit
The body color of the marten rabbit (type marten ) is brown or blue in bright to medium shade depending on the color shock. About the killing 8-10 cm absorbs about 8 cm (small marten ), the United marten broad, not sharply defined dark stripe. This movie does not begin in the neck, but about where the set on the back of the animal ears end. Also runs and flower of marten rabbit are dark, and this is the dark color of passes over the ankle range. The head comprises drawing the mask that darkens the muzzle and not through the eye level is enough, the eyes are edged dark. The ears are also dark in color, the approach is clearly visible. Beneath the eyes there is the baking point from which always shows the vibrissae. Through the mask, eye rim and ears coloring forms on the foreheads of the animals the so-called raccoon cross, two intersecting light stripes that run between eyes skirt and ears rates across the forehead and the mask up to the neck. Marten Rabbits are born bronze color, with the change of coat color change takes place to the breed's typical coloration, which is again washed out in subsequent skin changes, which makes the breeding of marten rabbit for exhibition purposes difficult.
The so-called type Marder described in the standard are split, ie matings among themselves lead to only 50% of the correct type drawn animals, each at 25% so-called dark marten and 25 % Russians rabbits (in some breeding lines with albinism. Staining of marten rabbit is the belonging to the albino series Marder factor caused. , the German symbol for this factor is at, the English cchi3. during brown color impact the marten factor is combined with the Einfarbigkeitsfaktor g ( a) for a blue marten, the factor d is additionally available for the dilution of black pigment. marten rabbit are brown and blue allowed in the shades of color, the corresponding Erbformeln the type marten are:
- Brown: amBCDg / anBCDg ( German symbolism ) or aBcchi3DE/aBch3DE ( English symbolism )
- Blue: amBCdg / anBCdg ( German symbolism ) or aBcchi3dE/aBch3dE ( English symbolism )
The (not recognized ) chinchilla colored (correct: ruddy, since there is a different mutation than the chinchilla factor) type has the hereditary formula: amBCDG / anBCDG ( German symbolism ) or ABcchi3DE/ABch3DE ( English symbolism )
In all coat colors may be present instead of the Russians also factor the albino factor, this combination leads only to a slightly paler color.
History of breed
The marten rabbit was, like other rabbit breeds also, several times. At different places, but always with the participation of Chinchilla rabbit, which is also obvious considering his genetics
In the literature, the following breeders are mentioned:
- David W. Irving, Freshfield in Liverpool, UK, in 1923 as Siamese Sables.
- O. Brock, California as American Sables, 1924.
- M. Fraineau, Cognac in the Charente in France, 1925, first shown as Zibelines in Paris.
In Germany marten rabbit by Emil Thomsen were obtained in Hamburg- Stellingen by accident. The goal of Thomsen was actually to breed a possum rabbit. He mated to Blue Vienna, hare rabbit, Havana, Thuringian and white angora with each other. On the advice of Joppich he crossed a small chinchilla and received bronze juveniles later umfärbten to be described marten color. Thomsen was a buck to Hans Nachtsheim further clarifying the genetic position of this breed. Another buck came in a roundabout way, and without the knowledge Thomsens to Ziemer to Arnstadt, with this animal built another breeder stocks of marten rabbit on. According to Thomsen's death Joppich took his livestock and developed the breed further. The new breed was first shown in 1924 in Altona adElbe.
The name marten rabbit was chosen based on the color of the pine marten and stone marten, besides which they were shown at the first exhibition of precious fur animals in 1928 in Berlin. What remains unclear in the literature how it came to be combined with the Russian factor.
The United marten were developed in Czechoslovakia. After Fingerland Martin Vrana crossed from Zborovice in Moravia about 1976/77 marten rabbit with Californians to grow a big raccoon rabbit. The resulting animals with the color of the marten rabbit and the stature of the Californian were obtained already in the third generation. In 1980, the animals were first issued in Decin and 1981 recognized as a breed by the Czech breeders' association. The evaluation provisions for pedigree rabbits in socialist countries, the United marten were also approved in the GDR as a race. In the GDR, the breed was not known until then, but it came at the initiative of Joachim Franke Kapp, chairman of the marten clubs (then special Zuchtgemeinschaft ) to develop appropriate breeding programs. Since there was little ability to import animals, own breeding experiments with rabbits and martens white New Zealanders were made that led to the emergence of large-scale breeding martens until 1988. 1990 Great marten have also been adopted in the German unit standard. According to Franke large marten rabbits were bred since 1931 as "Soviet Marder " in the former Soviet Union in the dark ( homozygous ) Colors shock.
Similar breeds
Also in the effect of the marten factor is the color of the back Siamesenkaninchens. Already Joppich mentioned that animals repeatedly fell out as endorsed by Thomsen stocks with the coloring of the Siamese. On the history and characteristics of Siamesenkaninchens see the related article.
The marten color is recognized as a color also reflected in the colors of dwarf.