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The American marten is broadly distributed in northern North America. From north to south its range extends from the northern limit of the treeline in arctic Alaska and Canada south to New York . From east to west, its distribution extends from Newfoundland to western Alaska, and southwest to the Pacific coast of Canada.
They are found on all continents except ... least weasel to the 1.8-meter (6 ft) giant otter of Amazonian South America. ... American marten. M. americana ...
Sthenictis sp. (American Museum of Natural History). Mustelids vary greatly in size and behaviour. The smaller variants of the least weasel can be under 20 cm (8 in) in length, while the giant otter of Amazonian South America can measure up to 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) and sea otters can exceed 45 kg (99 lb) in weight.
An American marten was captured July 2022 in this camera trap set by Northland College researchers on Madeline Island. It was the first confirmed sighting of the species on the island in more than ...
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South America's 20 genera of nonhuman primates compares with 6 in Central America, 15 in Madagascar, 23 in Africa and 19 in Asia. All South American monkeys are believed to be descended from ancestors that rafted over from Africa about 25 million years ago in a single dispersal event. Suborder: Haplorrhini. Infraorder: Simiiformes
A plan to reintroduce American martens in northcentral Pennsylvania has been tabled by the Pa. Game Commission's board. ... which generated nearly 9,000 responses, found that 37% supported marten ...
Neogale contains four species: the Amazon weasel (Neogale africana), the long and short-tailed weasels (N. frenata and N. lontra), and the American mink (N. vison). Native to the Americas, members of the genus can be found as far north as Alaska and as far south as Argentina and Bolivia.