Humboldt marten

Humboldt marten
Individual on tree in Six Rivers National Forest

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Martes
Species:
M. caurina
Subspecies:
M. c. humboldtensis
Trinomial name
Martes caurina humboldtensis
Grinnell and Dixon, 1926

The Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis) is an endangered, genetically distinct subspecies of the Pacific marten known from the old-growth coastal redwood forests, forests with dense shrub cover, areas with serpentine soils, and forested areas with dense understory cover of the U.S. states in coastal California and Oregon.[2][3][4]

Humboldt marten on redwood tree
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  2. ^ Moriarty, Katie M.; Verschuyl, Jake; Kroll, Andrew J.; Davis, Raymond; Chapman, Joshua; Hollen, Bruce (2019). "Describing vegetation characteristics used by two rare forest-dwelling species: Will established reserves provide for coastal marten in Oregon?". PLOS ONE. 14 (1): e0210865. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1410865M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0210865. PMC 6354973. PMID 30703124.
  3. ^ Slauson, Keith M.; Zielinski, William J.; Hayes, John P. (2007). "Habitat Selection by American Martens in Coastal California". Journal of Wildlife Management. 71 (2): 458–468. Bibcode:2007JWMan..71..458S. doi:10.2193/2004-332. S2CID 12344579.
  4. ^ Moriarty, Katie M.; Thompson, Joel; Delheimer, Matthew; Barry, Brent R.; Linnell, Mark; Levi, Taal; Hamm, Keith; Early, Desiree; Gamblin, Holly; Gunther, Micaela Szykman; Ellison, Jordan; Prevéy, Janet S.; Hartman, Jennifer; Davis, Raymond (2021-07-21). "Predicted distribution of a rare and understudied forest carnivore: Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis)". PeerJ. 9: e11670. doi:10.7717/peerj.11670. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 8354145. PMID 34434640.