Martes pennanti

A fisher

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Infraordo: Arctoidea Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Mustelinae
Genus: Martes
Species: Martes pennanti
Subspecies: M. p. columbiana  - M. p. pacifica  - M. p. pennanti

Name

Martes pennanti (Erxleben, 1777)

Type locality: "in America boreali, vulgaris victitans quadrupedibus minoribus." Listed by Miller and Rehm (1901) as "Eastern Canada."

References

• Erxleben, J. C. P. 1777. Systema regni animalis, per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates, cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I, Mammalia, Weygand, Leipzig, 1:470
• Roger A. Powell, 1981. Martes pennanti, Mammalian Species, American Society of Mammologists, No. 156, pp. 1-6, 4 figs.
• Martes pennanti in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Martes pennanti (Erxleben, 1777) (Least Concern)
• Martes pennanti (Erxleben, 1777) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Links

• Smithsonian Institution - North American Mammals: Martes pennanti

Vernacular names

català: Marta pescadora
dansk: Virginsk mår
Deutsch: Fischermarder
English: Fisher, Fisher cat
español: Marta Pescadora
Nederlands: Vismarter
norsk: Fiskermår
polski: Kuna wodna
русский: Илька
Türkçe: Balıkçı sansar

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