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Mustela (weasel)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mustela Linnaeus p. 45
1825Mustela Gray p. 339
1902Mustela Hay p. 767
1935Mustela Schultz and Howard p. 283
1968Mustela Kurten p. 98
1970Mustela Bjork p. 16
1980Mustela Kurten and Anderson p. 149
1988Mustela Carroll
1998Mustela Baskin p. 164
2004Mustela Marmi et al. p. 492
2004Mustela Seymour
2009Mustela Baryshnikov p. 86
2010Mustela Werdelin and Peigne p. 621
2018Mustela Law et al.
2018Mustela Valenciano 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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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
genusMustela

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 (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 rexroadensis Hibbard 1950
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Invalid names: Mustela gazini Hibbard 1958 [synonym]
Mustela richardsonii Bonaparte 1838 [American ermine]
Mustela sibirica Pallas 1773 [Siberian weasel]
†Mustela spelaea Holl 1829
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, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

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

Collections (150 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Jiangsu) Mustela sp. (43400)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Oregon) Mustela sp. (19011)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Mustela sp. (19392)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Mustela sp. (19181 19453 19512)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova Mustela leporhinum, Mustela sp., Mustela palaeattica (75803) Mustela leporinum, Mustela sp. (75802)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Moldova (Tighina Departement) Mustela palaeattica (36143)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) Mustela palaeattica (202120)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Mustela pentelici, Mustela palaeattica (182754)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Mustela sp. (18225)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) Mustela sp. (18970)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Mustela rexroadensis (18359) Mustela sp. (35430)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Mustela sp. (20083)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Armenia Mustela filholi, Putorius sp. (56729)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Mustela palerminea (35354)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) Mustela palerminea, Mustela praenivalis (35076)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Mustela palerminea, Putorius stromeri (35359) Mustela sp. (35473)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Mustela putorius (51478)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Poland Mustela sp. (32240)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Ukraine Mustela sp. (50913)
MN 144.9 - 4.2China (Tibet) Mustela sp. (115623)