#0391 · 🦊 mammals

American Marten

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Marter ·Martes americana

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © caiawatha · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Steven McGrath · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © SolidElectronics · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Daniel Belle-Isle · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © niff82 · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Reuven Martin · CC0
7. Nipissing District, ON, Canada:© Owen Strickland · CC BY 4.0
8. Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier, Ste-Brigitte-de-Laval, QC, CA:© Simon Villeneuve · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Maine, US:© rkluzco · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Jasper National Park, Jasper, CA-AB-FN, CA-AB, CA:© Cameron Eckert · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The American marten or American pine marten ( Martes americana ) is a North American member of the family Mustelidae, sometimes referred to as the pine marten . The name "pine marten" is derived from the common but distinct Eurasian species of Martes . It differs from the fisher ( Martes pennanti ) in that it is smaller in size and lighter in colour.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,353iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,353 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by William Turton in 1806 (220 years ago).