A Eurasian marten that has chocolate-brown fur with a white throat.
石貂，榉貂。亦称BEECH MARTEN
Martes foina, family Mustelidae
Also called beech marten
Example sentencesExamples
Weather and punishing terrain restricted our movements much beyond Tahawndam, but we had already found three large mammal species not previously known to live in Myanmar: blue sheep, black muntjac (barking deer), and stone marten.
The culprits are stone martens, which like to hide in the warm crevices next to car engines.
In both Europe and Australia, bat lyssaviruses seem to be maintained only in indigenous bat populations, although European bat lyssavirus has been detected in a few sheep and in a stone marten, which is an arboreal mammal.
The stone marten is native on the Adriatic islands, and the small Indian civet has been introduced to Ngazidja.
Definition of stone marten in US English:
stone marten
noun
A Eurasian marten that has chocolate-brown fur with a white throat.
石貂，榉貂。亦称BEECH MARTEN
Martes foina, family Mustelidae
Also called beech marten
Example sentencesExamples
In both Europe and Australia, bat lyssaviruses seem to be maintained only in indigenous bat populations, although European bat lyssavirus has been detected in a few sheep and in a stone marten, which is an arboreal mammal.
The culprits are stone martens, which like to hide in the warm crevices next to car engines.
The stone marten is native on the Adriatic islands, and the small Indian civet has been introduced to Ngazidja.
Weather and punishing terrain restricted our movements much beyond Tahawndam, but we had already found three large mammal species not previously known to live in Myanmar: blue sheep, black muntjac (barking deer), and stone marten.