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What is the Yellow-Throated Marten?

June 3, 2026

What is the Kaziranga National Park recently recorded its first sighting of the yellow-throated marten, highlighting Assam's conservation success.e Yellow-Throated Marten?

About Yellow-Throated Marten:

  • The yellow-throated marten, also known as the kharza, is a marten species found in forested regions throughout Southern and Eastern Asia.
    • A marten is a slender-bodied mammal belonging to the weasel family (Mustelidae), which also includes otters, badgers, ferrets, and wolverines.
  • Scientific Name: Martes flavigula
  • Habitat and Distribution:
    • Their range extends throughout the Himalayas, as far south as Indonesia, and as far north as the Korean Peninsula and the Chinese-Russian border.
    • They occupy a variety of habitats. They live in coniferous and broad-leaved forests, montane forests, tropical dry and moist forests.
    • They are also found in shrublands, lowland swamps, and treeless mountains.
  • Conservation Status:
    • IUCN Red List: Least Concern

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