Idaho mammals

Pacific Marten in Idaho

Martes caurina

Native to Idaho S3 Vulnerable in Idaho

Not listed as nonindigenous in Idaho by USGS NAS; native to its Idaho range.

IUCN Red List status

NE – Not Evaluated

Not yet assessed against IUCN Red List criteria.

Pacific Marten in Idaho, by the numbers

Occasional in Idaho 48th most recorded of 123 mammals logged in Idaho

64 occurrence records
51 with iNaturalist photos

Records from 2000–2026.

64 total records count every Idaho occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the map plots a georeferenced sample of 54; the monthly chart covers the 54 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the Pacific Marten in Idaho

Most sightings fall in June to August.

54 Idaho occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Idaho records (table)
MonthRecords
January1
February3
March3
April2
May2
June6
July10
August10
September5
October5
November2
December5

Monthly pacific marten occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Idaho, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in Idaho, with recorded sightings peaking in June–August.

Occurrence map

Where Pacific Marten has been recorded in Idaho

54 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

54 Idaho records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Sawtooth Wilderness 3
Payette National Forest 1
Sawtooth Hatchery 1
Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness 1
Frank Church-River Of No Return Wilderness 1

Protected places with the most pacific marten sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in Idaho

CountyRecords
Custer County 12
Fremont County 8
Lemhi County 6
Teton County 6
Blaine County 5
Valley County 5
Idaho County 3
Adams County 2
Bonneville County 1
Camas County 1
Boise County 1
Shoshone County 1
3 other counties 13

The complete county distribution, spread across 15 Idaho counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Pacific marten records in Idaho cluster around Deer Flat and Camas national wildlife refuges and the Snake River corridor, though this forest carnivore’s real stronghold is the state’s higher conifer country rather than the river-valley refuges the record leans toward. NatureServe ranks the species S3, Vulnerable, in Idaho.

Reports peak in August and November, a pattern that likely tracks trapping and camera-survey timing more than a true two-season activity rhythm for an animal that hunts through dense canopy and downed timber year-round.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

More mammals in Idaho in the atlas

Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

  • GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
  • iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
  • NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries
  • USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"