Humboldt marten
| Humboldt marten | |
|---|---|
| Individual on tree in Six Rivers National Forest | |
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | Martes |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | M. c. humboldtensis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Martes caurina humboldtensis Grinnell and Dixon, 1926
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The Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis), also known as the coastal marten, is an endangered, genetically distinct subspecies of the Pacific marten known from the old-growth coastal redwood forests, forests with dense shrub cover, areas with serpentine soils, and forested areas with dense understory cover of the U.S. states in coastal California and Oregon.