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The American marten [1] (Martes americana), also known as the American pine marten, is a species of North American mammal, a member of the family Mustelidae. The species is sometimes referred to as simply the pine marten. The name "pine marten" is derived from the common name of the distinct Eurasian species, Martes martes.
The American ermine has a body plan typical of weasels. It has short legs, a long body and neck, and a small triangular head with short round ears. It has a brown dorsum with a white venter (except during winter when the coat is fully white) and a short, black-tipped tail. [2]
Skull. The root word for "stoat" is likely either the Dutch word stout ("bold") [4] or the Gothic word πππ°πΏππ°π½ (stautan, "to push"). [5] According to John Guillim, in his Display of Heraldrie, the word "ermine" is likely derived from Armenia, the nation where it was thought the species originated, [4] though other authors have linked it to the Norman French from the ...
American martens, also known as pine martens, probably haven't been on Madeline Island since the early 1900s. Olson, who has worked on marten projects for more than a decade and has seen the ...
Sables can interbreed with pine martens. This has been observed in the wild, where the two species overlap in the Ural Mountains , and is sometimes deliberately encouraged on fur farms. The resulting hybrid, referred to as a kidus , is slightly smaller than a pure sable, with coarser fur, but otherwise similar markings, and a long bushy tail.
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Detail from Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine, 1489–1490. Several mustelids, including the mink, the sable (a type of marten), and the stoat (ermine), possess furs that are considered beautiful and valuable, so have been hunted since prehistoric times.
Mustelidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes weasels, badgers, otters, ferrets, martens, minks, and wolverines, and many other extant and extinct genera. A member of this family is called a mustelid; Mustelidae is the largest family in Carnivora, and its extant species are divided into eight subfamilies .