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Mustela
Linnaeus, 1758
- weasels, ermines, stoats, minks, ferrets, and polecats
(mammal)
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Mustelinae (Subfamily) - weasels
..†Anatolictis (Genus)
..†Baranogale (Genus)
..†Canimartes (Genus)
..†Cernictis (Genus)
..†Circamustela (Genus)
..†Dinogale (Genus)
..Eira (Genus) - tayra
..†Enhydrictis (Genus)
..Galictis (Genus) - grisons
..†Ictonychini (Tribe)
..Ictonyx (Genus) - zorilla
..Lyncodon (Genus) - Patagonian weasel
..†Marcetia (Genus)
..Martes (Genus) - martens, fisher, and sable
..†Miomustela (Genus)
..Neovison (Genus)
..†Oxyvormela (Genus)
..†Pannonictis (Genus)
..†Paramartes (Genus)
..†Plionictis (Genus)
..†Pliotaxidea (Genus)
..Poecilogale (Genus) - African striped weasel
..†Proputorius (Genus)
..†Sinictis (Genus)
..†Sminthosinus (Genus)
..†Sthenictis (Genus)
..†Stipanicicia (Genus)
..Taxidea (Genus) - American badger
..†Tisisthenes (Genus)
..†Trigonictis (Genus)
..Vormela (Genus) - marbled polecat
..Mustela (Genus) - weasels, ermines, stoats, minks, ferrets, and polecats
....Cabreragale (Subgenus)
....Cryptomustela (Subgenus)
....Gale (Subgenus)
....Grammogale (Subgenus)
....Kolonokus (Subgenus)
....Lutreola (Subgenus)
....Mustela (Subgenus)
....Mustela africana (Species) - Amazon weasel
....Mustela altaica (Species) - mountain weasel
....Mustela erminea (Species) - ermine
....Mustela eversmannii (Species) - steppe polecat
....Mustela felipei (Species) - Colombian weasel
....Mustela frenata (Species) - long-tailed weasel
....Mustela itatsi (Species) - Japanese weasel
....Mustela kathiah (Species) - yellow-bellied weasel
....Mustela lutreola (Species) - European mink
....Mustela lutreolina (Species) - Indonesian mountain weasel
....Mustela nigripes (Species) - black-footed ferret
....Mustela nivalis (Species) - least weasel
....Mustela nudipes (Species) - Malayan weasel
....†Mustela palerminea (Species)
....Mustela putorius (Species) - European polecat
....Mustela sibirica (Species) - Siberian weasel
....Mustela strigidorsa (Species) - back-striped weasel
....Mustela subpalmata (Species) - Egyptian weasel
....Pocockictis (Subgenus)
....Putorius (Subgenus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank
:
Linnaeus, C. 1735.
Syst. Nat.
[ed. 1]
: [10].
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 45.
Types
Type of
:
Mustelinae
(Subfamily)
Batsch, 1788
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Mustela
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Mustela
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Grammogale
(Genus)
Cabrera, 1940
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Lutreola
(Genus)
Wagner, 1841
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Putorius
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1817
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Including
:
Lutra
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Including
:
Vison
(Genus)
Gray, 1843
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 613.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
wezels
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
weasels, ermines, stoats, minks, ferrets, and polecats
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