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Neogale frenata (long-tailed weasel)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela frenata was named by Lichtenstein (1831). It is extant.

It was recombined as Neogale frenata by Patterson et al. (2021).

Synonyms
  • Mustela reliquus was named by Hall (1960). Its type specimen is LACM/CIT 192/395 [digit following numeral 5 is illegible], a skull (Cranium ... lacking left zygomatic arch and teeth anterior to third premolars), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Josecito Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in Mexico.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Mustela frenata by Kurten and Anderson (1980).
  • Putorius arizonensis was named by Mearns (1891). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Mustela arizonensis by Stock (1918), Merriam and Stock (1925), Stock (1925), Stock (1925) and Hay (1927); it was synonymized subjectively with Mustela frenata by Hall (1936) and Hall (1981).
  • Putorius gracilis was named by Brown (1908). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Conard Fissure, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in Arkansas.

    It was recombined as Mustela gracilis by Hay (1914), Hay (1924) and Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Mustela frenata by Hall (1936).
  • Putorius noveboracensis was named by Emmons (1840). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Mustela noveboracensis by Hay (1923) and Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Mustela frenata by Hall (1936) and Hall (1981).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Mustela frenata Lichtenstein
1840Putorius noveboracensis Emmons
1891Putorius arizonensis Mearns
1908Putorius gracilis Brown p. 182
1914Mustela gracilis Hay
1918Mustela arizonensis Stock
1923Mustela noveboracensis Hay
1924Mustela gracilis Hay
1925Mustela arizonensis Merriam and Stock
1925Mustela arizonensis Stock
1927Mustela arizonensis Hay
1930Mustela gracilis Hay
1930Mustela noveboracensis Hay
1960Mustela reliquus Hall p. 535
1980Mustela frenata Kurten and Anderson p. 149
2021Neogale frenata Patterson 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
genusNeogaleGray 1865
speciesfrenata(Lichtenstein 1831)

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.

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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Kansas) Mustela frenata (19927)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Mustela frenata (93373)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Mustela frenata (237076)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Mustela frenata (20123 20124)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Mustela frenata (20477 20559)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Mustela gracilis (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Mustela frenata (20402)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Mustela frenata (20555)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Mustela frenata (20168)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arizona) Mustela frenata (20444)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Mustela frenata (20143)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mustela frenata (20573 20594)
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 (82258 103991 104758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Mustela frenata (74953)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Mustela frenata (93528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Mustela frenata (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Montana) Mustela frenata (162132)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Mustela frenata (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Mustela reliquus (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Putorius arizonensis (74235)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Mustela frenata (93326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Nevada) Mustela frenata (93291)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Mustela frenata (63563)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Mustela frenata (104675)