Marten's dark brown fur (5)

I believe the answer is:

sable

(Other definitions for sable that I've seen before include "Bales of rich fur" , "Bales (anag.)" , "Brush" , "Bales of precious fur" , "(Fur from) small carnivore" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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