Yellow-throated Marten
Martes flavigula
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 707
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇳 India
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula) is a marten species native to the Himalayas, Southeast and East Asia. Its coat is bright yellow-golden, and its head and back are distinctly darker, blending together black, white, golden-yellow and brown. It is the second-largest marten in the Old World, after the Nilgiri marten, with its tail making up more than half its body length.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Yellow-throated marten”.