Martes Gallery

Striped polecat, European pine marten and sable

Striped polecat, Ictonyx striatus 1, European pine marten, Martes martes 2 and sable, Martes zibellina 3. Marte zorille, marte commune, marte zibeline. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pfitzer after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1834-39. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Yellow-throated marten, Martes flavigula

Yellow-throated marten, Martes flavigula (White-eared weasel, Mustela leucotis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward, after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Edward Griffith's The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

Animal, Baron, Charles, Copperplate, Cuvier, Edward, Engraving, Flavigula, Griffith, Hamilton, Handcoloured, Harriet, History, Kingdom, Leucotis, Marten, Martes, Mustela, Natural, Smith, The, Weasel, White Eared, Yellow Throated, Zoology

European pine marten (Martes martes)

European pine marten (Martes martes) crossing a river, using first a fallen tree and now about to swim the rest of the way. Offendorf Forest Nature Reserve, northeastern Alsace, France

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Animal, Arboreal, Bushy Tails, Carnivora, Climbs Trees, Crepuscular, Cute, Eutheria, Exploited, Fauna, Female Smaller, For Fur, Furry, Hanging, Hunted, June, Male Larger, Mammal, Mammalia, Martens, Martes, Mustelidae, Mustelids, Nocturnal, One Animal, Pine Marten, Pineten, Prized Fur, Semi Retractable Claws, Sexual Dimorphism, Sexually Dimorphic, Side View, Solitary, Suspended, Weasel Family, Wildlife