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Mustela (Putorius) (polecat)
Taxonomy
Putorius was named by Cuvier (1817). It is extant.
It was reranked as Mustela (Putorius) by Boule and De Villeneuve (1927), Kurten (1968).
It was assigned to Mustelina by Gray (1825); to Mustelinae by Hay (1902); and to Mustela by Boule and De Villeneuve (1927), Kurten (1968).
It was reranked as Mustela (Putorius) by Boule and De Villeneuve (1927), Kurten (1968).
It was assigned to Mustelina by Gray (1825); to Mustelinae by Hay (1902); and to Mustela by Boule and De Villeneuve (1927), Kurten (1968).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1817 | Putorius Cuvier |
| 1825 | Putorius Gray p. 339 |
| 1902 | Putorius Hay p. 768 |
| 1927 | Mustela (Putorius) Boule and De Villeneuve p. 74 |
| 1968 | Mustela (Putorius) Kurten p. 98 |
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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.
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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Villafranchian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.55000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pliocene | Armenia | Putorius sp. (56729) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Putorius stromeri (35359) | |
| Villafranchian | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | Putorius stromeri (35358) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (Macedonia) | Putorius sp. (34783) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | Putorius sp. (35428) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Romania | Putorius stromeri (33974) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Hungary | Putorius sp. (35476) |