Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Parent taxon: Mustelidae according to J. Marmi et al. 2004
See also Baryshnikov 2009, Baskin 1998, Bjork 1970, Ginsburg 1977, Hay 1902, Heizmann and Morlo 1998, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Muizon 1982, Presley 2000 and Tseng et al. 2009
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, Melinae, Mellalictis, Mellivorinae, Mephitina, Mesomephitis, Miomustela, Mustelavinae, Mustelina, 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: Dinogale Lartetictis Legionarictis Mustela Mustelini Neogale Tisisthenes
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Canada (7: Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon), China (4), the Czech Republic (1), France (4), Georgia (1), Germany (8), Greece (4), Hungary (15), Italy (5), Japan (3), Mexico (2), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (1), Romania (9), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (69: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)
• Blancan of United States (12: Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), France (1), Hungary (2), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Armenia (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (1), Hungary (4), Poland (2), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (4: Nebraska, Oregon)
• Miocene of China (2), France (1), Germany (1), Greece (2), Moldova (3), Slovakia (1), United States (9: California, Florida, Nebraska, Oregon)
Total: 195 collections including 259 occurrences