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Mustelinae
Taxonomy
Mustelinae was named by Fischer (1817).
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Hay (1902), Bjork (1970), Ginsburg (1977), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Muizon (1982), Baskin (1998), Heizmann and Morlo (1998), Presley (2000), Marmi et al. (2004), Baryshnikov (2009) and Tseng et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Hay (1902), Bjork (1970), Ginsburg (1977), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Muizon (1982), Baskin (1998), Heizmann and Morlo (1998), Presley (2000), Marmi et al. (2004), Baryshnikov (2009) and Tseng et al. (2009).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1817 | Mustelinae Fischer |
| 1902 | Mustelinae Hay p. 766 |
| 1970 | Mustelinae Bjork p. 16 |
| 1977 | Mustelinae Ginsburg p. 226 |
| 1980 | Mustelinae Kurten and Anderson p. 147 |
| 1982 | Mustelinae Muizon p. 262 figs. Fig. 1 |
| 1998 | Mustelinae Baskin p. 162 |
| 1998 | Mustelinae Heizmann and Morlo p. 142 |
| 2000 | Mustelinae Presley p. 1 |
| 2004 | Mustelinae Marmi et al. p. 492 |
| 2009 | Mustelinae Baryshnikov p. 85 |
| 2009 | Mustelinae Tseng et al. p. 14 |
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Subfm. †Mustelinae Fischer 1817
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G. Mustela Linnaeus 1758 [weasel]
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Subg. †Mustela (Lutreola)
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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Mustela nivalis kudarensis Baryshnikov 2009
Invalid names: Putorius rixosus Bangs 1896 [synonym]
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 richardsonii Bonaparte 1838 [American ermine]
Mustela sibirica Pallas 1773 [Siberian weasel]
†Mustela spelaea Holl 1829
Mustela strigidorsa Gray 1853
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]
Invalid names: Neovison Baryshnikov and Abramov 1997 [synonym]
Invalid names: Mustelini [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Holocene or 16.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (200 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | China (Jiangsu) | Mustela sp. (43400) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Miomustela sp. (18597) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Dinogale siouxensis (18001) | |
| Barstovian | USA (California) | Mustela sp. (19392) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Oregon) | Mustela sp. (19011) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian - early Late Barstovian | USA (California) | Mustelidae new gen. and sp. (156738) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | Mustelinae indet., Lutra dubia (32191) | |
| MN 6 | Germany (Bayern) | Lartetictis dubia (49521) | |
| MN 6 - MN 7 + 8 | Slovakia | Lartetictis dubia (69712) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (California) | Brachypsalis sp. (19185) Mustela sp. (19181 19453 19512) | |
| Tortonian | Moldova | Mustela leporhinum, Mustela sp., Mustela palaeattica (75803) Mustela leporinum, Mustela sp. (75802) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Attica) | Mustela pentelici, Mustela palaeattica (182754) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Aegean) | Mustela palaeattica (202120) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Moldova (Tighina Departement) | Mustela palaeattica (36143) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Mustela sp. (18225) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Oregon) | Mustela sp. (18970) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Mustela rexroadensis (18359) Mustela sp. (35430) | |
| Turolian | China (Yunnan) | Mustelinae indet. (44220) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Mustela sp. (20083) | |
| Pliocene | Armenia | Mustela filholi, Putorius sp. (56729) | |