PINE MARTEN, Martes americana 



(Kavaycheak) 



Range. — ^Most northern timbered areas from 

 Bering Strait to Labrador and south in mountains 

 to California and Colorado. 



Habitat. — Preferably mature conifers, from sea 

 level to above timberline in the mountains. 







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Races in Alaska. — The race actuosa (type local- 

 ity: Fort Yukon) occupies most of mainland 

 Alaska below the southern Brooks Range (speci- 

 men from Hunt Fork), except the southern coast; 

 kenaiensis (type locality: Kenai Peninsula) oc- 

 cupies this peninsula and the adjoining southern 

 coastal area; nesophil-a has been reported in south- 

 eastern Alaska from Three-mile Arm, Kuiu Is- 

 land; caurina occurs in the Alaskan Panhandle 

 and southward in the coastal ranges. 



IntrodvAitions. — In 1934, 22 martens from the 

 mainland of southeastei-n Alaska were released on 

 Prince of Wales and Baranof Islands. 



Related species. — The considerably larger fisher, 

 Martes pennanti., is also arboreal in habits. The 

 form paci-fica (whose validity as a race is ques- 

 tioned by some) has been reported from the ex- 

 treme southern Alaska Panhandle (vie. Boca de 

 Quadra). 



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