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Martes martes (European pine marten)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela martes was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Martes martes by Thomas (1911), Kurten (1968), Marmi et al. (2004) and Baryshnikov (2009).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mustela martes Linnaeus p. 46
1902Mustela martes Hay p. 767
1911Martes martes Thomas p. 139
1927Mustela martes Boule and De Villeneuve p. 73 figs. Pl 13, fig 2
1968Martes martes Kurten p. 93
2004Martes martes Marmi et al. p. 489 figs. Fig. 2
2009Martes martes Baryshnikov p. 85

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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
speciesmartes()

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 martes Linnaeus 1758 [European pine marten]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialg
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 12:04:51
Modified: 2011-04-24 21:04:51
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Gebo and Rose 1993

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Martes martes (45065 45069)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Martes martes (43656)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Martes martes (43699)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Martes martes (36206)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Mustela martes (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Vicenza) Martes martes (43689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Georgia Martes martes (56735)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Norway Martes martes (227461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Peloponnesus) Martes martes (184243)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom Martes martes (122112)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Martes martes (228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Martes martes (55533)