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Where does the Beech Marten live?

Martes foina has 212,667 records in 56 countries and territories, from 1575 to 2026. Most records come from Switzerland.

Beech Marten
Beech Marten — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaCarnivoraMustelidaeMartes

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Switzerland 80,605
France 59,030
Netherlands 28,131
Spain 13,706
Germany 8,565
Belgium 6,747
Denmark 4,483
Portugal 2,210
Austria 1,601
Poland 1,571
Israel 1,381
Italy 1,118
Luxembourg 829
Greece 499
Czechia 444
Ukraine 259
Romania 151
Sweden 148
Türkiye 137
Hungary 116
Bulgaria 111
Montenegro 99
Andorra 95
Slovenia 72
Russia 64
Croatia 60
India 50
Estonia 44
Georgia 42
Liechtenstein 42
Armenia 37
North Macedonia 34
Iran 23
Serbia 22
Slovakia 21
Albania 19
Pakistan 14
Syria 14
Palestine 13
Lithuania 12

Showing the top 40 of 56 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.