• It feeds on rodents, birds and berries.

The sable hunts small animals and occasionally consumes plant matter, employing an active hunting strategy that involves searching for and pursuing food on the ground and in trees; its diet includes voles, chipmunks, birds, hares, rabbits, rodents, seeds, berries, cedar nuts, squirrels, chipmunk squirrels, pigeons, capercaillie, grey partridges, wall lizards, brown frogs, and squirrels. The species’ daily food requirement ranges from 100 grams to 250 grams, and the young consume milk. Eagles prey on the sable.