American Marten

Martes americana

Summary 2

Formerly found through much of northern Wisconsin, now rare. Yellowish to orange neck fur is unique. Otherwise very similar to a small Fisher.

Range 3

Along the Wisconsin-Michigan border.

Habitat 3

Boreal forest.

Size 3

12-21", tail 5-9".

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  1. (c) Brandon Hawn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Brandon Hawn
  2. Adapted by raymie from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martes_americana
  3. (c) raymie, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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