Pekania pennanti

(Erxleben, 1777)

Fisher

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Musteloidea
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Guloninae
Genus : Pekania

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Erxleben, J.C.P. 1777. Systema regni animalis per classes, ordines, genera, species, varietates cum synonymia et historia animalium. Classis I. Mammalia. Impensis Weygandianis, Leipzig, 636 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873267

Original name as described

Mustela Pennanti

Other common names

Pennant Marten

Type locality

Eastern Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AK,ID,MT,OR,CA,MN,WI,MI,TN,WV,MD,VA,PA,NJ,NY,CT,RI,MA,VT,NH,ME)

Taxonomy notes

moved from Martes to Pekania

Taxonomy notes citation

Koepfli, K.-P., Deere, K.A., Slater, G.J., Begg, C., Begg, K., Grassman, L., Lucherini, M., Veron, G., Wayne, R.K. 2008. Multigene phylogeny of the Mustelidae: Resolving relationships, tempo, and biogeographic history of a mammalian adaptive radiation. BMC biology 6:10. · Sato, J. J., Wolsan, M., Prevosti, F. J., D’Elía, G., Begg, C., Begg, K., ... & Suzuki, H. (2012). Evolutionary and biogeographic history of weasel-like carnivorans (Musteloidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and evolution, 63(3), 745-757.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005825

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Viverra fusca

(P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

fusca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217667

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Müller (1776:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)

Mustela canadensis

(von Schreber, 1776)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

canadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064746

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:455, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Borowski (1780:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347013) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67757)
  3. Zimmermann (1783:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  4. Boddaert (1785:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  5. Gmelin (1788:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  6. Kerr (1792:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  7. Link (1795:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  8. Daudin (1802:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  9. Turton (1802:59, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  10. Goldfuss (1809:245, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498079) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  11. Desmarest (1821:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523947) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  12. Schinz (1821:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  13. Griffith (1822:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  14. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1826:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25385623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41027)
  15. Lesson (1827:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  16. Fischer (1829:216) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  17. Gapper (1830:203, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68621)
  18. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  19. Lesson (1842:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  20. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela Pennanti

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

pennanti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

470

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873267

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:470, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Zimmermann (1783:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  3. Griffith (1822:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  4. Sabine (1823:651, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32215458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68385)
  5. Schinz (1825:318, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  6. Godman (1826:203, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67289)
  7. Lesson (1827:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  8. Fischer (1829:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  9. True (1885:610, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  10. Allen (1895:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15949)
  11. Rhoads (1896:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14622)
  12. Merriam (1899:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14568)

Mustela Melanoryncha

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

melanoryncha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230052

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

Boddaert (1785:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)

Mustela Zibellina nigra

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

nigra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664203

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverra Canadensis

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

canadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

429

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632531

Authority publication

London

Viverra Piscator

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

piscator

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

414

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632512

Authority publication

London

Mustela Nigra

(W. Turton, 1802)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

nigra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772916

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Turton (1802:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772916) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)

Martes pekan

(Muirhead, 1819)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

pekan

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

416

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Muirhead (1819:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Gulo Castaneus

(Griffith, 1822)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

castanea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

262

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016557

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Griffith (1822:262, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  2. Griffith, Smith & Pidgeon (1825:282, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33298587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59861)

Mustela Pennantii

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

pennantii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

216

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25385628

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1826:216, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25385628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41027)
  2. Lesson (1842:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Cope (1899:229, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36863387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57701)

Gulo Ferrugineus

(J. E. Gray, 1827)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ferruginea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34790313

Authority publication

London

Mustela piscatoria

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

piscatoria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207618

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ryzaena? Coase

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

coase

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

167

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Mustela Godmani

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

godmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

217

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela Canadensis, varietas alba

(J. Richardson, 1829)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

alba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27984544

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes Canadensis

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

canadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

189

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Murray (1866:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Sclater (1872:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037828) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)

Eira ferruginea

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ferruginea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

204

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Martes nigra

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

nigra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

189

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Martes Pennantii

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

pennantii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

190

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA190

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:190, https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Gray (1865:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497038) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
  3. Gray (1869:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

Mustela canadensis pacifica

(Rhoads, 1898)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

pacifica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 8074 (= SNR 1074)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

435

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30007879

Authority publication

Transactions of the American Philosophical Society

Martes pennanti pacifica

(L. Kellogg, 1916)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

pacifica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

356

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29524768

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Kellogg (1916:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29524768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69086)
  2. Bailey (1936:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Martes pennanti

(L. Kellogg, 1916)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

pennanti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

356

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29524768

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Kellogg (1916:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29524768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69086)
  2. Hall (1934:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69519)
  3. Bailey (1936:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  4. Orr (1949:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  5. Kurtén (1968:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1991:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  9. Wozencraft (1993:320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  10. Flynn, Finarelli, Zehr, Hsu & Nedbal (2005:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/478)
  11. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41651/125236220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Martes pennanti columbiana

(E. A. Goldman, 1935)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

columbiana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:56953

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38b360a12-6dac-4bb3-95ea-de3b96802b72

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34563832

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Mustela melanorhyncha

(R. A. Powell, 1981)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

melanorhyncha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Mammalian Species

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Martes pennanti pennanti

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

pennanti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Pekania pennanti

R. D. Bradley, Ammerman, R. J. Baker, L. C. Bradley, J. A. Cook, Dowler, C. Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche, & Würsig, 2014

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

pennanti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785985

Authority publication

Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University

Name usages

  1. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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