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SpeciesCarnivoraMustelidae
Carnivores

🦡American marten

Martes americana (Turton, 1806)

Куна американська (Martes americana) — північноамериканський представник роду куна (Martes) з родини мустелових (Mustelidae). Іноді називають куною лісовою, хоча слід відмітити, що Куниця лісова — окремий вид, поширений в Європі. Американська куниця відрізняється від ільки (Martes pennanti) меншим розміром та кольором хутра, яке звичайно коричневе, з нечіткою світлою плямою на грудях.

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≈ 1/70th of your weight
Also called
Marten, American Pine Marten, Pacific Marten
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
0.89 kg
Body length
0.42 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
19 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the American marten

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

Body mass
0.89 kg
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  • 0.88 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.42 m
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Brain mass
16 g
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Maximum lifespan
19 years
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  • 18 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
6.1 years
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Age at maturity
1.2 years
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Gestation
28 days
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  • 28 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 3
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Trophic level
Omnivore
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Home range
3.66 km²
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Population density
0.67 per km²
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Volume l
0.9 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 American marten yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyMustelidae
  6. ›genusMartes
  7. ›speciesMartes americana
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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What it eats
warm-blooded animals60%
fruit20%
insects and other invertebrates10%
carrion10%
In other languages
Fichtenmarder (de), Kuna amerykańska (pl), Martes americana (fr), Martes americana (es), amerikai nyest (hu), Amerikas cauna (lv) … and 22 more languages

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