Mustela (Putorius) Cuvier 1817 (polecat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Alternative spelling: Putorius

Parent taxon: Mustela according to M. Boule and L. De Villeneuve 1927

See also Gray 1825, Hay 1902 and Kurten 1968

Sister taxa: Mustela (Lutreola), Mustela aistoodonnivalis, Mustela altaica, Mustela erminea, Mustela eversmanni, Mustela furo, Mustela haidarum, Mustela itatsi, Mustela jacksoni, Mustela kathiah, Mustela lutreola, Mustela meltoni, Mustela nigripes, Mustela nivalis, Mustela nudipes, Mustela ogygia, Mustela pachygnatha, Mustela palaeattica, Mustela palermina, Mustela praenivalis, Mustela putorius, Mustela rexroadensis, Mustela richardsonii, Mustela sibirica, Mustela spelaea, Mustela strigidorsa

Subtaxa: Putorius nambianus Putorius nigripes Putorius stromeri

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Hungary (2), Romania (1)

• Villafranchian of Hungary (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (1)

• Pliocene of Armenia (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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