Martes pennanti (Erxleben, 1777) . Syst. Regni Anim., 1:470.

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

DISTRIBUTION: Yukon to E Quebec (Canada), NW USA, Sierra Nevadas, N Rocky Mtns, Great Lakes Region, New England, to North Carolina (USA).

SYNONYMS: canadensis Schreber, 1778; Columbiana Goldman, 1935; melanorhyncha Boddaert, 1784; nigra Turton, 1802; pacifica Rhoads, 1898; piscator Shaw, 1800; varietas Richardson, 1829.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Powell (1981, Mammalian Species, 156).