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Martes americana (American marten)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela zibellina americana was named by Kerr (1792). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mustela americana by Turton (1806), Allen (1895), Hay (1902), Wilson (1967); it was recombined as Martes americana by Hay (1930), Hall (1936), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Mead and Mead (1989), Marmi et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. cadeoti, M. filholi, M. lefkonensis, M. paleosinensis, M. pusilla, M. species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Mustela zibellina americana Kerr
1806Mustela americana Turton
1895Mustela americana Allen p. 188
1902Mustela americana Hay p. 767
1926Martes caurina nobilis Hall p. 127
1930Martes americana Hay
1936Martes americana Hall
1967Mustela americana Wilson p. 211
1980Martes nobilis Kurten and Anderson p. 148
1980Martes americana Kurten and Anderson p. 149
1989Martes americana Mead and Mead p. 145
1989Martes nobilis Mead and Mead p. 146
2004Martes americana Marmi et al. p. 489 figs. Fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyGuloninae()
genusMartesFrisch 1775
speciesamericana(Kerr 1792)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Martes americana Kerr 1792 [American marten]
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Invalid names: Martes nobilis Hall 1926 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available