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Martes americana  (Turton, 1806)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180559

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Mustela americanus Turton, 1806
  
  Common Name(s): American Marten [English]
  
    martre d'Amérique [French]
  
    Marten [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyMustelidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – mustelids  
                                        SubfamilyGuloninae Gray, 1825 – wolverines, fishers, martens  
                                           GenusMartes Pinel, 1792 – martens  
                                              SpeciesMartes americana (Turton, 1806) – American Marten, martre d'Amérique, Marten  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 SubspeciesMartes americana abieticola (Preble, 1902)  
                                                 SubspeciesMartes americana abietinoides Gray, 1865  
                                                 SubspeciesMartes americana actuosa (Osgood, 1900)  
                                                 SubspeciesMartes americana americana (Turton, 1806)  
                                                 SubspeciesMartes americana atrata (Bangs, 1897)  
                                                 SubspeciesMartes americana humboldtensis Grinnell and Dixon, 1926  
                                                 SubspeciesMartes americana kenaiensis (Elliot, 1903)  
                                                 SubspeciesMartes americana nesophila (Osgood, 1901)  
                                                 SubspeciesMartes americana origenes (Rhoads, 1902)  
                                                 SubspeciesMartes americana sierrae Grinnell and Storer, 1916  
                                                 SubspeciesMartes americana vancouverensis Grinnell and Dixon, 1926  
                                                 SubspeciesMartes americana vulpina (Rafinesque, 1819)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner   
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Martes americana    
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft   
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Martes americana    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: American Marten[English], martre d'Amérique [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Martes americana   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dawson, Natalie G., and Joseph A. Cook / Aubrey, Keith B., William J. Zielinski, et al., eds.   
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title: Behind the Genes. Diversification of North American Martens (Martes americana and M. caurina)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Biology and Conservation of Martens, Sables, and Fishers   
  Page(s): 23-38   
  Publisher: Cornell University Press   
  Publication Place: Ithaca, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780801450884   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Martes americana   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Martes americana   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Martes americana, American Marten [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Martes americana   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Alaska, Native  
 

 

    

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