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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

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
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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
Measurements
partNmean

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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Gebo and Rose 1993, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Martes americana (125941)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nevada) Martes americana (20280)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Martes americana (82258 103991 104679)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Martes americana (93528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Martes americana (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Martes americana (93334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Martes americana, Martes nobilis (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Martes americana (200485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Martes americana (93332 123868)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Martes nobilis (93181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Martes americana (225801) Martes nobilis (74235)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0USA (Nevada) Martes americana, Martes nobilis (93291)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Martes americana (104044)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Maine) Mustela americana (176524)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Martes americana (221970 224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Martes americana (221863)