Martes americana (Turton, 1806)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 319

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scientific name	Martes americana (Turton, 1806)
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Martes americana (Turton, 1806) View in CoL . In Linnaeus, Gen. Syst. Nat., 1:60.

TYPE LOCALITY: "North America" .

DISTRIBUTION: Alaska and Canada south to N California, south in the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mtns to 35°N.

SYNONYMS: abieticola Preble, 1902; abietinoides Gray, 1865; actuosa Osgood, 1900; atrata Bangs, 1897 ; boria Elliot, 1905 ; brumalis Bangs, 1898 ; caurina Merriam, 1890 ; humboldtensis Grinnell and Dixon, 1926; huro F. Cuvier, 1823 ; kenaiensis Elliot, 1903 ; leucopus Kuhl, 1820 ; martinus Ames, 1874 ; nesophila Osgood, 1901 ; origenes Rhoads, 1902; sierrae Grinnell and Storer, 1916; vancouverensis Grinnell and Dixon, 1926 ; vulpina Rafinesque, 1819 .

COMMENTS: May be conspecific with martes , melampus , and zibellina ( Anderson, 1970; Hagmeier, 1961). See Clark et al. (1987, Mammalian Species, 289).