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Pine Marten by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
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Mustela martes (now Martes martes), the Pine Marten
Martens, like all mustelids, are carnivorous predators, and in an attempt to reduce the threat of the invasive gray squirrel in the UK, the native pine marten (which had previously been extremely rare to the point of being assumed extinct in most areas) is being reintroduced.
Though the marten is not exactly picky about what squirrel it would choose to eat, both the gray squirrel and the marten spend much of their time on the ground, whereas the red squirrel is much more arboreal. This makes the grays far more likely than reds to come in contact with a hungry marten.
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n101_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
Pine marten (Martes martes)
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n182_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
Marten or American Sable and American Mink
