Yellow Throated Marten

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Yellow Throated Marten

Scientific classification

Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order Carnivora Family Mustelidae Genus Martes Species Martes flavigula


Common names
German: Buntmarder English: Yellow-throated marten Spanish: Marta de garganta amarilla French: Martre à gorge jaune Italian: Martora dalla gola gialla Martora himalayana Dutch: Maleise bonte marter Russian: Харза́ желтогру́дая куни́ца уссури́йская куни́ца Swedish: Gulstrupig mård Charsamård Thai: หมาไม้



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Martes flavigula , Pieter Boddaert , 1785
The yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula) is an Asian species of marten which is listed by the IUCN as Least Concern due to its wide distribution, evidently relatively stable population, occurrence in a number of protected areas, and lack of major threats.
The yellow-throated marten is the largest marten in the Old World, with a tail more than half its body length. Its fur is brightly colored, consisting of a unique blend of black, white, golden-yellow and brown. It is an omnivore, whose sources of food range from fruit and nectar to small deer. The yellow-throated marten is a fearless animal with no natural predators, because of its powerful build, its bright coloration and unpleasant odor. It shows little fear of humans or dogs, and is easily tamed.
Although similar in several respects to the smaller beech marten, it is sharply differentiated from other martens by its unique color and the structure of its baculum. It is probably the most ancient form of marten, having likely originated during the Pliocene, as indicated by its geographical distribution and its atypical coloration.
The first written description of the yellow-throated marten in the Western World is given by Thomas Pennant in his History of Quadrupeds (1781), in which he named it "White-cheeked Weasel". Pieter Boddaert featured it in his Elenchus Animalium with the name Mustela flavigula. For a long period after the Elenchus publication, the existence of the yellow-throated marten was considered doubtful by many zoologists, until a skin was presented to the Museum of the East India Company in 1824 by Thomas Hardwicke.
The yellow-throated marten is a large, robust, muscular and flexible animal with an elongated thorax, a small pointed head, a long neck and a very long tail which is about 2/3 as long as its body. The tail is not as bushy as that of other martens, and thus seems longer than it actually is. The limbs are relatively short and strong, with broad feet. The ears are large and broad, but short with rounded tips. The soles of the feet are covered with coarse, flexible hairs, though the digital and foot pads are naked and the paws are weakly furred. The skull is similar to that of the beech marten, but is much larger. The baculum is S-shaped, with four blunt processes occurring on the tip. It is larger than other Old World martens; males measure 500 - 719 mm in body length, while females measure 500 - 620 mm. Males weigh 2.5 - 5.7 kg, while females weigh 1.6 - 3.8 kg. The anal glands sport two unusual protuberances, which can be used to secrete a strong smelling liquid for defensive purposes.
The yellow-throated marten has relatively short fur which lacks the fluffiness of the pine marten, sable and beech marten. The winter fur differs from that of other martens by its relative shortness, its harshness and its luster. It is also not as dense, fluffy and compact as that of other martens. The hairs on the tail are short and of equal length over the whole tail. The summer fur is shorter, sparser, less compact and lustrous. The color of the pelage is unique among martens, being bright and variegated. The top of the head is blackish brown with shiny brown highlights, while the cheeks are somewhat more reddish, with a mixture of white hair tips. The back of the ears are black, while he inner portions are covered with yellowish-grey. The fur is a shiny brownish-yellow color with a golden tone from the occiput along the surface of the back. The color becomes browner on the hind quarters. The flanks and belly are bright yellowish in tone. The chest and lower part of the throat are a brighter, orange-golden color than the back and belly. The chin and lower lips are pure white. The front paws and lower forelimbs are pure black, while the upper parts of the limbs are the same color as the front of the back. The tail is of a shiny pure black color, though the tip has a light, violet wash. The base of the tail is greyish-brown. The contrasting marks of the head and throat are likely recognition marks.
The yellow-throated marten holds extensive, but not permanent, home-ranges. It actively patrols its territory, having been known to cover over 10 to 20 km in a single day and night. It primarily hunts on the ground, but can climb trees proficiently, being capable of making jumps up to 8 to 9 meters in distance between branches. After March snowfalls, the yellow-throated marten restricts its activities up treetops. Estrus occurs twice a year, from mid-February to late-March and from late-June to early-August. During these periods, the males fight each other for access to females. Litters typically consist of two or three kits and rarely four.
The yellow-throated marten is a diurnal hunter, which usually hunts in pairs, but may also hunt in packs of three or more. It preys on rats, mice, hares, snakes, lizards, eggs and ground nesting birds such as pheasants and francolins. It is reported to kill cats and poultry. It has been known to feed on human corpses, and was once thought to be able to attack an unarmed man in groups of 3 to 4. The yellow-throated marten may prey on small ungulates. In the Himalayas and Burma, it is reported to frequently kill muntjac fawns, while in Ussuriland the base of its diet consists of musk deer, particularly in winter. The young of larger ungulate species are also taken, but within a weight range of 10 to 12 kg. In winter, the yellow-throated marten hunts musk deer by driving them onto ice. Two or three yellow-throated martens can consume a musk deer carcass in 2 to 3 days. Other ungulate species preyed upon by the yellow-throated marten include young wapiti, spotted deer, roe deer and goral. Wild boar piglets are also taken on occasion. It may prey on panda cubs and smaller marten species, such as sables. In areas where it is sympatric with tigers, the yellow-throated marten may trail them and feed on their kills. Like other martens, it supplements its diet with nectar and fruit, and is therefore considered to be an important seed disperser. The yellow-throated marten has few predators itself but occasionally they may run afowl of much larger carnivores and sporadic individuals have turned up in the scat or stomachs of Siberian tigers and Asian black bears.
chrysogaster (C. E. H. Smith, 1842),
The species occurs in subtropical and tropical forests from the Himalayas to eastern Russia, south to the Malay Peninsula and Sunda Shelf (Borneo, Sumatra, and Java) to Taiwan. The yellow-throated marten has been reported in the northeast Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Himalayan West Bengal and Assam and in Burma. It occurs in central and northeastern China and the Korean Peninsula. The yellow-throated marten is well distributed, but uncommon throughout mainland Malaya. It also occurs in the central mountain range and the southern areas of Taiwan.
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A large subspecies distinguished by the absence of a naked area of skin above the plantar pad of the hind foot, a larger mat of hair between the plantar and carpal pads of the forefoot and by its longer, more luxuriant winter coat
Jammu & Kashmir eastwards through Northern India, the Himalayas to Assam, upper Burma, and southeastern Tibet and southern Kham
Distinguished from flavigula by its denser and longer winter fur and somewhat larger general dimensions
Amur and Primorsky Krais, former Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula
Formosan kharza, Martes f. chrysospila
Indochinese kharza, Martes f. indochinensis
Distinguished from flavigula by the presence of a naked area of skin above the plantar pad of the hind feet and the area between the plantar and carpal pads on the forefeet. The winter coat is shorter and less luxuriant, with the color being paler, rather yellower on the shoulders and upper back, the loins are less deeply pigmented and the nape is more profusely speckled with yellow. The belly is a dirty white in color and the throat pale yellow.
Northern Tenasserim, Thailand and Vietnam
Malaysian kharza, Martes f. peninsularis
Similar to indochinensis, but distinguished by its brown, rather than black, head, with the nape being the same color as the shoulders, being usually buff or yellowish brown. The shoulders and upper back are not as yellow as in indochinensis and the abdomen is always darkish brown, while the throat varies from orange-yellow to cream. The fur is short and thin
Southern Tenasserim and the Malay Peninsula



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The yellow-throated marten ( Martes flavigula ) is a marten species native to Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List due to its wide distribution, evidently relatively stable population, occurrence in a number of protected areas, and lack of major threats. ( wiki )
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Yellow-throated martens are the largest marten species in the Old World (Africa, Europe and Asia). Martens are related to ferrets, weasels and badgers. Their coat color ranges from dark brown to a yellow-brown with a distinctive creamy yellow throat. Their fur is dense with a bushy tail reaching lengths of 30 to 40 centimeters.
These martens live in small groups of up to four individuals. Most of the time these martens will hunt during the day. However, around the full moon, they will use the increased light to hunt at night. They are mostly terrestrial but in the northern parts of their range, they will spend more time in the trees to avoid the freezing ground. They are capable of leaping eight to nine meters from branch to branch!
Breeding can occur twice a year, between February and March and June and August, when males will fight over access to females. A litter of up to four kits are born after seven to nine month gestation.
The omnivorous diet of the yellow-throated marten is mostly small mammals, birds and insects. They will also forage for fruits in trees and on the ground. In Russia, small groups of up to seven individuals have been observed catching musk deer.
Yellow-throated martens are a common species with a large range. In Laos, they are heavily hunted for their fur but are protected in many surrounding countries including China and Malaysia. The biggest threat facing them is habitat loss. However, they are surviving well in the remaining areas and do adapt to living in close proximity to humans.
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It bears noting that the gorgeous Yellow Throated Marten deserves appreciation for characteristics other than its sheer visual appeal. That trait, however, nevertheless merits its own attention and mention, of course. It’s also an impressively large variety of marten.
Like many other mammals, though, it displays a moderate degree of the physiological characteristic of sexual dimorphism. In its specific case, however, this gender based difference manifests in terms of physical size, not overall appearance of the animal.
More specifically, the males of the species typically attain a greater size than their female counterparts. This tendency follows the more common pattern among mammals, inlcuding the other known species of marten. Moreover, this includes both weight and length.
Weights, however, frequently vary quite significantly, typically due to various local environmental factors. Males generally reach an average weight that ranges from roughly 5.5 – 12. 6 lb (2.5 – 5.7 kg). Females, though, only average about 3.5 – 8.4 lb (1.6 – 3.8 kg).
Males of the species also average about 19.7 – 28.3 in (50 – 72 cm) in terms of body length. Their female counterparts, meanwhile, reach average lengths of around 20 – 24 in (50 – 62 cm). The tail also grows to as much as 65% of the length of the body.
It’s the color pattern of the aptly-named Yellow Throated Marten that garners the most attention, though. Much of the body and neck develop the stunning yellw hue. The elongated face, legs, and tail, meanwhile, generally display a black or dark brown shade.
Fortunately, both for the Yellow Throated Marten itself, and those of us who appreciate Nature, it evolved as native to a moderately broad swathe of the globe. That’s due to the fact that this marvel of evolutionary processes evolved as native to part of Asia .
Moe precisely, though, this fascinating mammal appears to inhabit a broad section of the southern portion of that remarkable continent. There, it appears in such countries as Pakistan , Afghanistan, India, Bhutan, Nepal, China, and Taiwan, to name a few.
The animal also evolved as highly flexible in its choice of habitat. That trait, in fact, continues to serve it well. Due to this versatility, it appears in a wide range of ecosystems. These include such regions as lowland swamps, alpine meadows, and forests.
Along with this pattern of habitation comes an impressive adaptability to altitudes as well as other, related conditions. In some portions of its range, including Nepal, it lives at truly impressive altitudes. There, some individuals appear at up to 14,800 ft (4,510 m)!
Though primarily carnivorous, it occasionally supplements its diet with small quantities of plant matter, such as fruit and nectar. It mainly feeds on various animal prey, though. That prey generally consists of smaller creatures, such as lizards, snakes, and mice.
The Yellow Throated Marten typically hunts as a diurnal animal, and further most often does so in pairs. Hunting parties of three or more sometimes form, however. It also feeds opportunistically on carrion, often consuming the leavings of larger hunters, like tigers.
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The yellow-throated marten ( Martes flavigula ), also known as the kharza , is an Asian species of marten which is listed by the IUCN as Least Concern due to its wide distribution, evidently relatively stable population, occurrence in a number of protected areas, and lack of major threats. The yellow-throated marten is the largest marten in the Old World, with a tail more than half its body length. Its fur is brightly coloured, consisting of a unique blend...

The yellow-throated marten is a large, robust, muscular and flexible animal with an elongated thorax, a small pointed head, a long neck and a very long tail which is about 2/3 as long as its body. The tail is not as bushy as that of other martens, and thus seems longer than it actually is. The limbs are relatively short and strong, with broad feet. The ears are large and broad, but short with rounded tips. The soles of the feet are covered with coarse, flexible hairs, though the digital and foot pads are naked and the paws are weakly furred. The skull is similar to that of the beech marten , but is much larger. The baculum is S-shaped, with four blunt processes occurring on the tip. It is larger than other Old World martens; males measure 500–719 mm (19.7–28.3 in) in body length, while females measure 500–620 mm (20–24 in). Males weigh 2.5–5.7 kg (5.5–12.6 lb), while females weigh 1.6–3.8 kg (3.5–8.4 lb). The anal glands sport two unusual protuberances, whic
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