Martes americana (Turton, 1806) . In Linnaeus, Gen. Syst. Nat., 1:60.

TYPE LOCALITY: "North America" .

DISTRIBUTION: Alaska and Canada south to N California, south in the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mtns to 35°N.

SYNONYMS: abieticola Preble, 1902; abietinoides Gray, 1865; actuosa Osgood, 1900; atrata Bangs, 1897; boria Elliot, 1905; brumalis Bangs, 1898; caurina Merriam, 1890; humboldtensis Grinnell and Dixon, 1926; huro F. Cuvier, 1823; kenaiensis Elliot, 1903; leucopus Kuhl, 1820; martinus Ames, 1874; nesophila Osgood, 1901; origenes Rhoads, 1902; sierrae Grinnell and Storer, 1916; vancouverensis Grinnell and Dixon, 1926; vulpina Rafinesque, 1819 .

COMMENTS: May be conspecific with martes, melampus, and zibellina (Anderson, 1970; Hagmeier, 1961). See Clark et al. (1987, Mammalian Species, 289).