A specially protected wild animal is: a badger, bat, wild cat, dolphin, dormouse, hedgehog, pine marten, otter, polecat, shrew or red squirrel.
The hair is soft, glossy and was once reputed to be finer than that of the pine marten.
Mountain hare (apparently absent in the 18th century) and rabbit are now abundant and preyed upon by wild cat and pine marten.
Unlike the pine marten, its underfur is whitish, rather than greyish.
Wildlife includes elk, mountain lion, bobcat, pine marten, mink and weasel.
On occasion, the timber wolf, coyote, fisher, pine marten and northern flying squirrel can be seen.
However, if we are to put the otter on the endangered list, why do we not also put on that list the pine marten, the polecat and the wild cat?
The number of 10-kilometre squares in which the pine marten is found is only 108; for the wild cat it is 127 and, for the polecat it is 192.
