Martes foina (Erxleben, 1777)

Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, Zootaxa 5580 (1), pp. 1-130 : 81

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8D0A37EA-8D5B-44D9-B2CC-8161D1E4AF54

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15121385

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3874162A-7E08-FF81-FF42-FD81B1C611DB

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Martes foina (Erxleben, 1777)
status

 

75. Stone Marten, Martes foina (Erxleben, 1777) View in CoL

(IUCN Red List: LC)

Subspecies: M. f. syriaca ( Nehring, 1902).

Distribution: Common with a wide distribution in Aleppo to the coastal and southwestern regions, but it seems rare in the Orontes Basin and Sahl Al-Ghab ( Fig. 82 View FIGURE 82 ).

Previous records: Near Damascus ( Pocock 1941), Slenfe mountains ( Serra 2004), Al-Ghota ( Masseti 2009), Al-Furunlok ( Daoud & Khalil 2009b).

Recent records: vicinity of Sweida, Jasim, Al-Haffah, Mashqita, Yabroud, Al-Qteilbiyeh, Hamam Wasil, Bloudan, Bustan Al-Basha, Mare’, Jaiboul, Beit Kammunah, Jabal Slandrein, Al Lajat, Ras al-Ayn (northeast of Damascus), Al-Qrayya, Jabla and Al-Isawiyah (2020–2023).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Mustelidae

Genus

Martes

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