Martes flavigula, Pinel, 1792
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Yellow-throated Marten
French: Martre a gorge jaune / German: Buntmarder / Spanish: Marta papigualda
Taxonomy Mustela flavigula Boddaert, 1785 View in CoL ,
Nepal .
Six subspecies are recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution.
M. f. flavigula Boddaert, 1785 — Bangladesh, Bhutan, C, E & S China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
M. f. borealis Radde, 1862 — NE China, North and South Korea, and Russia.
M. f. chrysospila Swinhoe, 1866 — Taiwan.
M. f. indochinensis Kloss, 1916 — Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
M. f. perunsularis Bonhote, 1901 — Borneo, Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra.
M. f. robinsoni Pocock, 1936 — Java. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 45-65 cm, tail 37-45 cm; weight 1.3-3 kg. The Yellowthroated Marten has a long, slender body and a long, dark tail; the tail is 60-70% of head and body length. The ears are large and round. The pelage varies geographically and with season. The top of the head and neck,the tail, the lower limbs, and parts of the back are dark brown to black; the rest of the body is pale brown. There are bright orange-yellow markings from the chin to the chest. There are two pairs of mammae. The skull is strong; the temporal ridges do not approach to form a sagittal crest. Dental formula: 13/3, C1/1,P 4/4, M 1/2 = 38. Males have larger canines than females.
Habitat. Forests, including dry and hill evergreen, mixed and moist deciduous, and dry dipterocarp forest, at elevations of 200-3000 m. In Thailand, radio-collared Yellowthroated Martens generally used the different types of habitat in proportion to their availability; however, one male was observed to use open forest-grassland less than it was available.
Activity patterns. Primarily diurnal; activity peaks occur during the morning (06:00- 08:00 h) and late afternoon (16:00-18:00 h). Reduced activity periods are scattered during the night (20:00-04:00 h) and are greater during lunar nights than other nights. The highest average monthly activity is during October, whereas the lowest is during March. Wet season activity is significantly greater than dry season activity. Den/ rest sites are in holes, rocks crevices, or hollow trees.
Food and Feeding. The diet includes small rodents, pikas, snakes, lizards, frogs, insects, birds, eggs, fruit, honey, berries, and nectar. It has been reported that Yellowthroated Martens prey on musk deer (Moschus sp.) and the young of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa), deer, and gorals.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. Yellow-throated Martens climb trees with great agility, but often cometo the ground to hunt. They are seen in pairs or small family groups. In Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand, five adult Yellow-throated Martens were radio-tracked for 4-16 months. The mean daily movement was 770 m for four males and 1349 m for one female. The cumulative home rangesizes for four males were 1-7, 3-5, 10-1 and 11- 8 km?, and 8- 8 km? for one female. Home ranges generally increased during the wet season; however, the range of one male increased marginally during the dry season. Mean range overlap was 34%.
Breeding. Believed to breed in August, and give birth in April to litters of two to five young. Gestation is 220-290 days.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern in The IUCN Red List. The subspecies M. f. robinsoni is classified as Endangered. Little is known about Yellow-throated Martens and further field studies are needed to learn more about their natural history, ecology, and conservation status.
Bibliography. Francis (2008), Grassman, Tewes & Silvy (2005), Lekagul & McNeely (1991), Nandini & Karthik (2007), Pocock (1941a), Wozencraft (2005, 2008).
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