AMERICAN MARTEN FACTS
Description
The American Marten is long and slender with large eyes and ears like a cat. The body is light brown with a gray head. The legs and tail are dark brown or black. Their is a cream patch on the chest.
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American Marten (Martes americana)
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The American marten was once found in a broad belt across forested northern North America. Excessive trapping and destruction of their boreal forest habitat has depleted their numbers.
American Marten (Martes americana)
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American Marten
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
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American martens, Martes americana, are found in the northern reaches of North America. The species is present from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia west to Alaska and south into sections of the rocky mountain range and California.
American marten inhabit mostly coniferous forest types in western Canada.
American Marten
Martes americana
Extirpated. Formerly central and western Mass. Last known record, Worcester County, 1880. One vagrant from a Vermont release was taken in Worcester County in 1992.
American Marten (M. americana) Â- Yellow-throated Marten (M. flavigula) Â- Beech Marten (M. foina) Â- Nilgiri Marten (M. gwatkinsii) Â- European Pine Marten (M. martes) Â- Japanese Marten (M. melampus) Â- Fisher (M. pennanti) Â- Sable (M. zibellina) ...
Like the American marten the Pacific marten is found in forested habitats. It is most often associated with mature and old-growth evergreen forests.
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The following description by Dr Elliott Coues of the American marten (M. americana) will apply almost equally well to most of the others.
The American marten, Martes americana, also called American pine marten and American, or Hudson Bay, sable, is from 20 to 25 in. (51-64 cm) long, including the 7- to 8-in. (18- to 20-cm) tail, and has yellow-brown fur.
American marten (Martes americana)
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It lives in coniferous forests where it eats small animals, carrion the, nuts, honey, and berries. Similar to the American marten are the European pine marten and the stone or beach marten of Europe and Central Asia.
 See also: Marten, Weasel, Squirrel, Diver, Coyote
  
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