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Mustela (weasel)
Taxonomy
Mustela was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ferae by Linnaeus (1758); to Mustelina by Gray (1825); to Mustelini by Baskin (1998); to Mustelidae by Schultz and Howard (1935), Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988), Seymour (2004) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Mustelinae by Hay (1902), Bjork (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Marmi et al. (2004), Baryshnikov (2009), Law et al. (2018) and Valenciano et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Ferae by Linnaeus (1758); to Mustelina by Gray (1825); to Mustelini by Baskin (1998); to Mustelidae by Schultz and Howard (1935), Kurten (1968), Carroll (1988), Seymour (2004) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Mustelinae by Hay (1902), Bjork (1970), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Marmi et al. (2004), Baryshnikov (2009), Law et al. (2018) and Valenciano et al. (2018).
Species
M. (Lutreola), M. (Putorius), M. aistoodonnivalis, M. altaica, M. erminea, M. eversmanni, M. furo, M. haidarum, M. itatsi, M. jacksoni, M. kathiah, M. lutreola, M. meltoni, M. nigripes, M. nivalis (syn. Putorius rixosus), M. nudipes, M. ogygia, M. pachygnatha, M. palaeattica, M. palermina, M. praenivalis, M. putorius, M. rexroadensis (syn. M. gazini), M. richardsonii, M. sibirica, M. spelaea, M. strigidorsa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Mustela Linnaeus p. 45 |
| 1825 | Mustela Gray p. 339 |
| 1902 | Mustela Hay p. 767 |
| 1935 | Mustela Schultz and Howard p. 283 |
| 1968 | Mustela Kurten p. 98 |
| 1970 | Mustela Bjork p. 16 |
| 1980 | Mustela Kurten and Anderson p. 149 |
| 1988 | Mustela Carroll |
| 1998 | Mustela Baskin p. 164 |
| 2004 | Mustela Marmi et al. p. 492 |
| 2004 | Mustela Seymour |
| 2009 | Mustela Baryshnikov p. 86 |
| 2010 | Mustela Werdelin and Peigne p. 621 |
| 2018 | Mustela Law et al. |
| 2018 | Mustela Valenciano et al. |
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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.
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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available