I think the American pine marten is the “cutest” of the weasel family, even though I have yet to see one down here south of the White Mountains. Some woodsmen claim to have seen some in the wilderness areas of the Sandwich Range, but I have not had that pleasure.
This creature is a solitary boreal forest dweller and presently still hard to find in the North Country by those concerned for its welfare.
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