Beech marten in quality to that of the pine marten and sable. Beech marten skins on the fur markets of the Soviet Union accounted for only 10-12% of the market presence of pine marten skins. Beech martens were caught only in the Caucasus, in the Montane part of Crimea and (in very small numbers) in the rest of Ukraine, and in the republics of Middle Asia. Because animals with more valuable pelts are rare in those areas, the beech marten is of value to hunters on the local market. Beech martens are captured with jaw traps, or, for live capture, with cage
5026 Martes They also live in the forests near the discovering Kleť Observatory. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 22 June 1999 (). 5026 Martes 5026 Martes, provisional designation , is a carbonaceous asteroid from the inner region of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 August 1987, by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at Kleť Observatory in the Czech Republic. It is named after the two weasel-like animal species: pine marten and beech marten. "Martes" is the namesake member of a small asteroid family, named the Martes family. It orbits