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Scientific Name
Martes americana
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Martes americana (Turton, 1806)
Park
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve (YUCH)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
American Marten
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassMammalia
SubclassTheria
InfraclassEutheria
OrderCarnivora
SuborderCaniformia
FamilyMustelidae
SubfamilyGuloninae
GenusMartes
SpeciesMartes americana
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
No martens were collected, nor seen, by field crews during NPS inventories of YUCH, but Cook and MacDonald (2003b) state the marten "is a common resident...still being commercially harvested in the Preserve," (p.6).; Data Source: Cook and MacDonald (2003b)
Nativeness
Native
Nativeness Notes
Data Source: University of Alaska Museum
Abundance
Common
Abundance Notes
Data Source: Cook and MacDonald (2003b)
Seasonality Tags
  • Breeder
    Breeder status based on presumptive small home range size for most/all small-bodied mammals.; Data Source: University of Alaska Museum
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
0
References
7
Vouchers
5
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
cc at aknhp
Created Date
10/30/2001 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Aren Gunderson
Last Modified Date
10/18/2005 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Data Source: Young, Steven B., ed. 1976. The Environment of the Yukon-Charley Rivers area, Alaska. Wolcott, VT: Center for Northern Studies. 368 pp. (Contributions from the Center for Northern Studies; v. 9)
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