Martes martes (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:46.

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

DISTRIBUTION: Britain and Ireland; N and W Europe to W Siberia, south to Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, the Elburz Mtns (Iran), and the Caucasus Mtns.

SYNONYMS: abietum Gray, 1865; henricii Westermann, 1851; sylvatica Nilsson, 1820; sylvestris Oken, 1816; vulgaris Griffith, 1827 .

COMMENTS: May be conspecific with americana, melampus, and zibellina (Anderson, 1970; Hagmeier, 1961).