Humboldt marten
The Humboldt marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis) 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.
| Humboldt marten | |
|---|---|
| Individual on tree in Six Rivers National Forest | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | Martes |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | M. c. humboldtensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Martes caurina humboldtensis Grinnell and Dixon, 1926 | |
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