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Coastal marten

Martes caurina (Merriam, 1890)

Status not recordedmammals

The coastal marten (Martes caurina) is a species in the family Mustelidae, order Carnivora.

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Quick facts about the coastal marten

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the coastal marten live?

Not recorded

Is the coastal marten endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the coastal marten classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderCarnivora
  5. familyMustelidae
  6. genusMartes
  7. SpeciesMartes caurina (Merriam, 1890)

Synonyms Martes americana caurina, Martes americana humboldtensis, Martes americana sierrae, Martes caurina caurina, Mustela caurina

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Pacific martenEnglish
  • خز المحيط الهاديArabic
  • Merriam-MarderGerman
  • Κουνάβι του ΕιρηνικούGreek
  • Marta costeraSpanish
  • Martre du PacifiqueFrench
  • nyugati nyestHungarian
  • Martora del PacificoItalian
  • 태평양담비Korean
  • səltupslut
  • Vestamerikansk SkogmårNorwegian Bokmål
  • Kuna zachodniaPolish
  • Marta-do-PacíficoPortuguese
  • Тихоокеанская куницаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the coastal marten

Other species in the same genus Martes.

LC, Least Concern
Sable (Martes zibellina)

Sable

Martes zibellina

Mustelidae

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the coastal marten?

The coastal marten (Martes caurina) belongs to the family Mustelidae in the order Carnivora.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Coastal marten (Martes caurina). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/coastal-marten

MLA

“Coastal marten (Martes caurina).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/coastal-marten.

BibTeX
@misc{coastal_marten_2026,
  title = {Coastal marten (Martes caurina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/coastal-marten},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}