Martes martes (Linnaeus 1758)

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Martes martes (Linnaeus 1758)

[Mustela] martes Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 46 .

Type Locality: "sylvis antiquis", restricted by Thomas (1911 a) to " Upsala " [ Sweden] .

Vernacular Names: European Pine Marten.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Martes martes subsp. martes Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Martes martes subsp. borealis Kuznetsov 1944

Subspecies Martes martes subsp. latinorum Barrett-Hamilton 1904

Subspecies Martes martes subsp. lorenzi Ognev 1926

Subspecies Martes martes subsp. minoricensis Alcover, Delibes, Gosálbez, and Nadal 1987

Subspecies Martes martes subsp. notialis Cavazza 1912

Subspecies Martes martes subsp. ruthena Ognev 1926

Subspecies Martes martes subsp. uralensis Kuznetsov 1941

Distribution: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (incl. Mallorca and Minorca Isls), Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: May be conspecific with americana , melampus , and zibellina ( Anderson, 1970; Hagmeier, 1961). Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951). Stone and Cook (2002) suggested a close relationship with zibellina , and placed in the subgenus Martes .