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Pekania pennanti (fisher)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela pennanti was named by Erxleben (1777). It is extant.

It was corrected as Mustela pennantii by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Martes pennanti by Hay (1914), Hay (1924), Hay (1930), Hall (1936), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Marmi et al. (2004); it was recombined as Pekania pennanti by Samuels and Cavin (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Mustela pennanti Erxleben
1902Mustela pennantii Hay p. 767
1914Martes pennanti Hay
1924Martes pennanti Hay
1930Martes pennanti Hay
1936Martes pennanti Hall
1980Martes pennanti Kurten and Anderson p. 148
2004Martes pennanti Marmi et al. p. 489 figs. Fig. 2
2013Pekania pennanti Samuels and Cavin

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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()
genusPekaniaGray 1865
speciespennanti(Erxleben 1777)

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.

Pekania pennanti Erxleben 1777 [fisher]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:38:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Martes pennanti (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Martes pennanti (93334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Martes pennanti (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Mustela sp. (20626)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Martes pennanti (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Martes pennanti (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Martes pennanti (104035 104044 104689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Martes pennanti (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Pekania pennanti (221863)