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Mustela erminea (stoat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela erminea was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. fenata, M. palerminea, M. plioerminea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mustela erminea Linnaeus p. 46
1911Mustela erminea Thomas p. 139
1968Mustela erminea Kurten p. 101
1980Mustela erminea Kurten and Anderson p. 150
1989Mustela erminea Mead and Mead p. 147
2004Mustela erminea Marmi et al. p. 489
2004Mustela erminea Seymour

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—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
specieserminea

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.

Mustela erminea Linnaeus 1758 [stoat]
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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: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Mustela erminea (20477 20559)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (New Mexico) Mustela erminea (20506)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Mustela cicognanii (20290)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Mustela erminea (20301)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Mustela erminea (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Mustela erminea (50260)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) Mustela erminea (70130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Mustela erminea (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Mustela erminea (93828)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Mustela erminea (101898)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Mustela erminea (93334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Mustela erminea (20641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Mustela erminea (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Mustela erminea (93528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Nevada) Mustela erminea (93291)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Mustela erminea (55533)