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Neogale vison (mink)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Putorius vison was named by Schreber (1777). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mustela vison by Gidley (1913), Hay (1914), Hay (1923), Hay (1930), Hall (1936), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Mead and Mead (1989) and Marmi et al. (2004); it was recombined as Lutreola vison by Matthew (1915); it was recombined as Neovison vison by Baryshnikov (2009); it was recombined as Neogale vison by Patterson et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Putorius vison Schreber
1902Putorius vison Hay p. 768
1913Mustela vison Gidley
1914Mustela vison Hay
1915Lutreola vison Matthew
1923Mustela vison Hay
1930Mustela vison Hay
1936Mustela vison Hall
1980Mustela vison Kurten and Anderson p. 151
1989Mustela vison Mead and Mead p. 150
2004Mustela vison Marmi et al. p. 489
2009Neovison vison Baryshnikov p. 75
2021Neogale vison 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
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
genusNeogaleGray 1865
speciesvison(Schreber 1777)

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 vison Schreber 1777 [mink]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available