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Neogale

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Neogale Gray
2018Neogale Law et al.
2025Neogale Eshelman et al. p. 132

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyMustelinaeFischer 1817
genusNeogaleGray 1865

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. Neogale Gray 1865
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Neogale africana Desmarest 1818 [Amazon weasel]
Neogale felipei Izor and de la Torre 1978 [Colombian weasel]
Neogale frenata Lichtenstein 1831 [long-tailed weasel]
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Invalid names: Mustela reliquus Hall 1960 [synonym], Putorius arizonensis Mearns 1891 [synonym], Putorius gracilis Brown 1908 [synonym], Putorius noveboracensis Emmons 1840 [synonym]
Neogale vison Schreber 1777 [mink]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:38:29
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 Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Mustela frenata (19927)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Mustela frenata (237076)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Mustela frenata (93373)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (West Virginia) Mustela frenata (20555)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Mustela frenata (20168) Mustela vison (20301 20423)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arkansas) Mustela vison, Mustela gracilis (20290)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arizona) Mustela frenata (20444)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Mustela frenata (20402)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Mustela vison (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Nebraska) Mustela frenata (20143) Mustela vison (20501)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) Mustela frenata (20477) Mustela frenata, Mustela vison (20559)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Mustela frenata (20123 20124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Mustela frenata (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Mustela vison (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Putorius arizonensis (74235)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Mustela frenata (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mustela frenata (154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Mustela frenata, Mustela vison (82258 103991 104758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Montana) Mustela frenata (162132)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Mustela reliquus (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Mustela frenata (74953)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mustela frenata (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mustela frenata (20573 20594)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Mustela vison (93332 124198)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Mustela vison (20641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Mustela frenata (93528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Mustela frenata (63563)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Nevada) Mustela frenata, Mustela vison (93291)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Mustela frenata, Mustela vison (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Mustela frenata (104675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Maine) Lutreola vison (192281) Putorius vison (176524)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Mustela vison (224189) Mustela vison, Neovison vison (221970)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Neovison vison (195062 195066 195069)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Neovison vison (221863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Massachusetts) Putorius vison (176525)