Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Carnivora > Family: Mustelidae > Genus: Martes > Species: Martes foina > See subspecies

Scientific name	Source
Martes foina subsp. intermedia Severtzov, 1873	CITES (2006)

Beech marten - Martes foina (Erxleben, 1777)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	2 international agreements
Most preferred habitats	agricultural mosaics cropland heathland and shrub sparsely vegetated land urban woodland and forest
May also occur in	grassland wetlands

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Least Concern

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex III: protected fauna species		http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)	CITES Appendix III valid from 24 June 2010	Synonym for this species is listed in CITES. See there for more details.	http://www.cites.org/eng

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Akmenu cauna	Latvian	Latvian NRC
Beech marten	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Faina	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Fluwijn	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Fouine	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Fuinha	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Garduña	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Hús mörður	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Husmår	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kivinäätä	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kivinugis	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kuna belica	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kuna bjelica	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kuna domowa	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kuna skalná	Slovak	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kuna skalní	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Kunadhja gushebardhe	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nyest	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Shqarthi	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Steemarder	Luxemburgish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Steenmarter	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Steinmår	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Steinmarder	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Stenmård	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Stone marten	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

Synonym	Author
Mustela foina	Erxleben, 1777
Mustela foiana	Erxleben, 1777
Martes domestica	Pinel, 1792
Mustela toufoeus	Wroughton, 1919
Mustela intermedia	Severtzov, 1873
Mustela leucolachnaea	Blanford, 1879
Mustela mediterranea	Barret-Hamilton, 1898
Martes rosanowi	Martino, 1917
Martes foina de Ibiza	(Erxleben, 1777)

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

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