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Mustela (weasel)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mustela Linnaeus p. 45
1825Mustela Gray p. 339
1902Mustela Hay p. 767
1935Mustela Schultz and Howard p. 283
1968Mustela Kurten p. 98
1970Mustela Bjork p. 16
1980Mustela Kurten and Anderson p. 149
1988Mustela Carroll
1998Mustela Baskin p. 164
2004Mustela Marmi et al. p. 492
2004Mustela Seymour
2009Mustela Baryshnikov p. 86
2010Mustela Werdelin and Peigne p. 621
2018Mustela Law et al.
2018Mustela Valenciano 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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
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
subfamilyMustelinaeFischer 1817
genusMustela

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. Mustela Linnaeus 1758 [weasel]
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Subg. Mustela (Putorius) Cuvier 1817 [polecat]
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Putorius nambianus Cope 1874
Putorius nigripes Audubon and Bachman 1851 [black-footed ferret]
Putorius stromeri Kormos 1934
Mustela aistoodonnivalis Wu and Kao 1991 [Sichuan weasel]
Mustela altaica Pallas 1811
Mustela erminea Linnaeus 1758 [stoat]
Mustela eversmanni Lesson 1827
Mustela furo Linnaeus 1758 [ferret]
Mustela haidarum Preble 1898 [Haida ermine]
Mustela itatsi Temminck 1844
Mustela jacksoni Storer 2004
Mustela kathiah Hodgson 1835 [yellow-bellied weasel]
Mustela lutreola Linnaeus 1761
Mustela meltoni Bjork 1973
Mustela nigripes Audubon and Bachman 1851 [black-footed ferret]
Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766 [least weasel]
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Invalid names: Putorius rixosus Bangs 1896 [synonym]
Mustela nivalis kudarensis Baryshnikov 2009
Mustela nudipes Lesson 1827 [Malayan weasel]
Mustela ogygia Matthew 1901
Mustela pachygnatha Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930
Mustela palaeattica Weithofer 1888
Mustela palermina Petényi 1934
Mustela praenivalis Kormos 1934
Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758 [European polecat]
Mustela rexroadensis Hibbard 1950
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Invalid names: Mustela gazini Hibbard 1958 [synonym]
Mustela richardsonii Bonaparte 1838 [American ermine]
Mustela sibirica Pallas 1773 [Siberian weasel]
Mustela spelaea Holl 1829
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available