Wildlifeof Nepal
Yellow-throated Marten
Bears, Dogs & Otters
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy · CC-BY
Martes flavigula
Basic stats
Diet
Rats, mice, hares, snakes, lizards, eggs and ground-nesting birds; small deer such as muntjac fawns
Habitat
Forest up to alpine meadow; recorded to 4,510m in Nepal
Range
Himalayas of Nepal, India and Bhutan, Southeast and East Asia
Size
Body 50–72cm in males, 50–62cm in females
Weight
Males 2.5–5.7kg; females 1.6–3.8kg
The yellow-throated marten is the second-largest Old World marten after the Nilgiri marten, with a tail more than half the body length. The short fur is bright brownish-yellow, the head is blackish brown and pointed, the cheeks reddish, and the chest and lower throat orange-golden. The back of the ears and the front paws are black (Wikipedia, general species account).
It hunts mainly on the ground but climbs well, and can jump 8 to 9m between branches. It is diurnal, usually hunting in pairs and sometimes in packs of three or more, and patrols territory up to 10 to 20km in a day and night. In Nepal's Kanchenjunga Conservation Area it has been recorded up to 4,510m in alpine meadow. Nationally Least Concern (Nepal National Red List 2011).
Quick answers
- What does the Yellow-throated Marten eat?
- Rats, mice, hares, snakes, lizards, eggs and ground-nesting birds; small deer such as muntjac fawns
- What habitat does the Yellow-throated Marten live in?
- Forest up to alpine meadow; recorded to 4,510m in Nepal
- Where is the Yellow-throated Marten found?
- Himalayas of Nepal, India and Bhutan, Southeast and East Asia
- How big is the Yellow-throated Marten?
- Body 50–72cm in males, 50–62cm in females
- How much does the Yellow-throated Marten weigh?
- Males 2.5–5.7kg; females 1.6–3.8kg