Marten

| image = Martes martes crop.jpg | image_caption = European pine marten (''Martes martes'') | taxon = Martes | authority = Pinel, 1792 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | type_species = ''Martes domestica'' | type_species_authority = Pinel, 1792 (= ''Mustela foina'' Erxleben, 1777) | range_map = Martes range.png | range_map_caption = Marten ranges:

* ''M. americana'' + ''caurina'' = cyan & teal * ''M. flavigula'' = dark blue & sepia * ''M. foina'' = rust, brown & sepia * ''M. gwatkinsii'' * ''M. martes'' = orange, rust & grass-green * ''M. melampus'' = yellow * ''M. zibellina'' = green & grass-green

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A marten is a weasel-like mammal in the genus ''Martes'' within the subfamily Guloninae, in the family Mustelidae. They have bushy tails and large paws with partially retractile claws. The fur varies from yellowish to dark brown, depending on the species; it is valued by animal trappers for the fur trade. Martens are slender, agile animals, which are adapted to living in the taiga, and inhabit coniferous and northern deciduous forests across the Northern Hemisphere. Provided by Wikipedia