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title: "Eurasian Pine Marten"
description: "Martes martes — Mammiferi. The European pine marten, also known as the pine marten, is a mustelid native to and widespread in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, and parts of Iran, Iraq, and Syria."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eurasian-pine-marten
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eurasian Pine Marten

> Martes martes — Mammiferi. The European pine marten, also known as the pine marten, is a mustelid native to and widespread in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, and parts of Iran, Iraq, and Syria.

- Scientific name: *Martes martes*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 6219
- Wikidata: [Q26046](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26046)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41796](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41796)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Pine Marten
- de: Baummarder
- es: Marta
- fr: Martre des pins
- nl: Boommarter
- pt: Marta do pinheiro europeia
- pl: Kuna leśna

## Countries with the most observations

RU (711), IT (566), FR (543), GB (373), ES (346), DE (255), PL (157), UA (107), AT (99), FI (73), CH (67), DK (67)

## Summary

The European pine marten, also known as the pine marten, is a mustelid native to and widespread in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, and parts of Iran, Iraq, and Syria. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
It is less commonly known as baum marten or sweet marten.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_pine_marten

## Photo

![Eurasian Pine Marten](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-pine-marten/medium.jpg)

Photo: Yehor Yatsiuk · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138531532

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-pine-marten?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).