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Rick & José van der Weijde | profile | all galleries >> Photo Archive >> Mammals (Zoogdieren) >> Otters, Weasels and Badgers (Marterachtigen) >> American Marten (Amerikaanse Marter) | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map |
(North) American Marten - Martes americana - Amerikaanse Marter
Alaska, Canada and Northeast-USA south to California.
The following 13 subspecies are being recognised:
Martes americana americana - East-Canada and Northeast-USA south to New York, Michigan and Minnesota;
Martes americana atrata - Bay St. George, Newfoundland, Canada;
Martes americana brumalis - Labrador, eastern New Quebec;
Martes americana abieticola - North-Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta;
Martes americana kenaiensis - Kenai Peninsula, Alaska;
Martes americana nesophila - Alaska, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia and Alexander Archipelago;
Martes americana actuosa - Alaska, Yukon, Northeast-British Columbia and Northwest-Alberta;
Martes americana abietinoides - South-British Columbia, including Rocky Mountains (Banff and Jasper);
Martes americana caurina - Coastal Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon;
Martes americana vancouverensis - Vancouver Island, British Columbia;
Martes americana origenes - Northeast-Oregon and Washington, to Idaho, Wyoming and North-New Mexico;
Martes americana humboldtensis - Coastal Oregon to California;
Martes americana sierrae - California (Yosemite NP, Tuolumme Co and Sierra Nevada).
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.