Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Parent taxon: Mustelidae according to J. Marmi et al. 2004
See also Arribas and Garrido 2007, Baryshnikov 2009, Baskin 1998, Bjork 1970, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Muizon 1982
Sister taxa: Acheronictis, Ailurictis, Anatolictis, Arikarictis, Bathygale, Circamustela, Corumictis, Djourabus, Erokomellivora, Franconictis, Galictinae, Guloninae, Hadrictis, Helictidinae, Ictonychinae, Ictonychini, Kenyalutra, Leptarctinae, Luogale, Lutrina, Lutrinae, Marcetia, Martinae, Matanomictis, Melidellavus, Mellalictis, Mellivorinae, Mephitina, Mesomephitis, Miomustela, Mustelavinae, Mustelina, Mustelinae, Mustellinae, Namibictis, Neovison, Oaxacagale, Oligobuninae, Palaeomeles, Paragale, Parataxidea, Plesictis, Plesiogale, Plesiomeles, Potamotheriinae, Prepoecilogale, Presictis, Promellivora, Pyctis, Sabadellictis, Sinictis, Sivalictis, Taxidiinae, Torolutra, Trochotherium, Viverrina, Watay, Xenictis
Subtaxa: Arctomeles Arctonyx Meles Melodon Pelycictis Promeles Taxodon
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), China (19), the Czech Republic (1), France (7), Georgia (3), Germany (8), Greece (7), Hungary (4), Israel (1), Italy (8), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (5), Tajikistan (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1), Vietnam (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Bulgaria (1), China (1), Greece (1)
• Pliocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (2), Hungary (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), Ukraine (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Tennessee)
• Miocene of China (3), France (1), Germany (1), Greece (5), Hungary (1), United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 99 collections including 100 occurrences