Martes foina (Erxleben 1777)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 609

Martes foina (Erxleben 1777)

[Mustela] foina Erxleben 1777 , Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1: 458.

Type Locality: "Europa inque Persia ", listed by Miller (1912 a) as " Germany." .

Vernacular Names: Beech Marten.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Martes foina subsp. foina Erxleben 1777

Subspecies Martes foina subsp. bosniaca Brass 1911

Subspecies Martes foina subsp. bunites Bate 1906

Subspecies Martes foina subsp. kozlovi Ognev 1931

Subspecies Martes foina subsp. intermedia Severtzov 1873

Subspecies Martes foina subsp. mediterranea Barrett-Hamilton 1898

Subspecies Martes foina subsp. milleri Festa 1914

Subspecies Martes foina subsp. nehringi Satunin 1906

Subspecies Martes foina subsp. rosanowi Martino and Martino 1917

Subspecies Martes foina subsp. syriaca Nehring 1902

Subspecies Martes foina subsp. toufoeus Hodgson 1842

Distribution: Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Crete, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (incl. Ibiza Isl), Switzerland, Ukraine.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( India) as M. f. intermedia ; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951). Stone and Cook (2002) placed it in the subgenus Martes .