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Kuna domowa, kamionka (Martes foina)🦡

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SpeciesCarnivoraMustelidae
Carnivores

🦡Beech marten

Martes foina (Erxleben, 1777)

A nyest (Martes foina) az emlősök (Mammalia) osztályának ragadozók (Carnivora) rendjébe, ezen belül a menyétfélék (Mustelidae) családjába és a rozsomákformák (Guloninae) alcsaládjába tartozó faj. Az állat a Martes nem típusfaja.

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≈ 1/36th of your weight
Also called
Stone marten, Stone Marten, stone marten, beech marten
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
1.7 kg
Body length
0.5 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
18 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Beech marten

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
1.7 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 1.7 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.5 m
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Brain mass
22 g
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Maximum lifespan
18 years
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  • 18 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
5.96 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
2.0 years
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Gestation
30 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 30 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 4
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 3.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Omnivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Home range
2.15 km²
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Volume l
1.7 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Beech marten yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyMustelidae
  6. ›genusMartes
  7. ›speciesMartes foina
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  3. familyMustelidae
  4. subfamilyMartinae
All 14 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  12. suborderCaniformia
  13. familyMustelidae
  14. subfamilyMartinae
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Closest relative on this site
🦡 European pine marten — last shared an ancestor ≈ 3.1 million years ago.
What it eats
warm-blooded animals63%
fruit25%
leaves, roots and other plants13%
In other languages
kuna (pl), faina (it), fouine (fr), Steinmarder (de), garduña (es), steenmarter (nl) … and 27 more languages
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