stone marten
beech marten
Martes foina

Dormice are also preyed upon by pine and stone martens, wildcats, owls and crows.

They may kill small mustelids like weasels, stone martens, pine martens, stoats, kolonoks, polecats and young sables.

In predatory game animals, there are fox, badger, pine marten, stone marten, European polecat, ermine and least weasel.

From the hairs of a stone marten, he made himself brushes and drew illustrations of birds that he raised from the nest or found near his home.

Fauna district is typical of European forest steppe, characterized by: hare, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, stone marten, weasel, less deer, wild boar, badger, rarely elk.

Smaller and medium-sized mammals, include red fox, pallas cat, stone marten, badger, tolai hare and gray marmot.

Native creatures include foxes, hedgehogs, stone marten, deer, wild boar, raccoon dog and wolf.

The stone marten has readily moved into buildings and even urban landscapes, and the native European mink has all but vanished.

As for animal life, the Aveto Valley is still home to several wild species as: badgers, porcupines, foxes, boars, stone martens, wildcats and even wolves.