Martes Pinel, 1792 . Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1:55.

TYPE SPECIES: Martes domestica Pinel, 1792 (= Mustela foina Erxleben, 1777).

SYNONYMS: Charronia Gray, 1865; Lamprogale Ognev, 1928; Mustela Blasius, 1857; Pekania Gray, 1865; Zibellino Kaup, 1829.