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Yellow-throated Marten
Martes flavigula (Yellow-throated Marten · キエリテン)
🇰🇷 Class II endangered wildlife (Korea)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum weight of 5.7 kg is about the weight of a large watermelon (Comparison).
- 💡 Its maximum body length of 71.9 cm is about 7 tenths of a 1 m ruler, with a tail adding another 2/3 of that length (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Yellow-throated Marten is a mustelid living in mixed forests, taiga, wetlands, and mountains across Asia.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It has a body length of 50–71.9 cm and weighs 1.2–5.7 kg, with a tail about 2/3 as long as its body.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
An omnivore that eats fruits, nuts, insects, small mammals, and birds, in northern regions it hunts Siberian Musk-deer in packs. It breeds once a year, usually giving birth to 2–3 young per litter.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is listed as Class II endangered wildlife (Korea) in the National List of Species of Korea.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2024) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41649/259348347
- • 멸종위기 야생생물 Ⅱ급 — 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000053330 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000053330
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • Korean protection status: Class II endangered wildlife (Korea)
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1005819
- • iucnredlist.org — 259348347
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000053330 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000053330
- • wikidata.org — Q220248
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Martes flavigula, yellow-throated marten.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Martes flavigula
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — painting Guo · CC BY 4.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.