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Ictonyx (striped polecat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Ictonyx was named by Kaup (1835). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Carroll (1988) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Ictonychinae by Law et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Ictonyx Kaup
1988Ictonyx Carroll
2010Ictonyx Werdelin and Peigne p. 619
2018Ictonyx Law et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyIctonychinaePocock 1921
genusIctonyxKaup 1835

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ictonyx Kaup 1835 [striped polecat]
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Ictonyx capensis Kaup 1835
Ictonyx striatus Perry 1810 [zorilla]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available