• The beech marten is the only member of its genus and does not live exclusively in forests. It prefers open areas with shrubs and rocks.

The European pine marten inhabits land and forest landscapes, including rocky areas and forests, at elevations up to 2.5 kilometers; the species thrives in temperate mixed forests with warm summers and many oaks, birches, and maples, as well as flooded meadows where water frequently covers the ground and there is abundant grass, and taiga characterized by cold winters and numerous coniferous trees such as fir and pine; the climate is consistently very wet with frequent rain and high humidity, and summers are often cool and rainy with snow in winter, though some areas experience warm summers and many rains, or simply warm summers and mild winters, with pleasant summers averaging between 20 and 25 degrees Celsius.