Martes americana (Turton, 1806) . A Gen. Syst. of Nat., 1:60.

TYPE LOCALITY: E. North America .

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

COMMENT: May be conspecific with martes, melampus, and zibellina; see Anderson, 1970, Acta Zool. Fenn., 130: 132; Hagmeier, 1961, Can. Field Nat., 75: 122- 138; and Corbet, 1978: 172; but see also Hall, 1981:981; Gromov and Baranova, 1981:256- 258.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412004006001001.