Translingual

Martes pennanti

Proper noun

Martes pennanti f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Mustelidae – the fisher cat.

Usage notes

• Recently reevaluated to be a separate genus Pekania, apparently more close related to Gulo gulo (wolverine) than to other members of Martes.

Synonyms

• (species): Pekania pennanti

Hypernyms

• (species): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Mustelidae - family; Mustelinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (species): Martes pennanti columbiana, Martes pennanti pacifica, Martes pennanti pennanti - subspecies, not universally accepted