Martes pennanti

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A fisher

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamila: Mustelinae
Genus: Martes
Species: Martes pennanti
Subspecies: M. p. columbiana  - M. p. pacifica  - M. p. pennanti

[edit] Name

Martes pennanti (Erxleben, 1777)

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

[edit] 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 on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• IUCN link: Martes pennanti (Erxleben, 1777) (Least Concern)
• Martes pennanti (Erxleben, 1777) Report on ITIS

[edit] Vernacular names

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