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Mustela  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180552

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): ermines [English]
  
    ferrets [English]
  
    minks [English]
  
    weasels [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 2006    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 -- mamífero, mammals, mammifères  
             SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                   OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 -- cachorro do mato, carnivores, carnivores, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra  
                      SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 -- dog-like carnivores  
                         FamilyMustelidae Fischer, 1817 -- mustelids  
                            SubfamilyMustelinae Fischer, 1817 -- martens, weasels, wolverines  
                               GenusMustela Linnaeus, 1758 -- ermines, ferrets, minks, weasels  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Mustela africana Desmarest, 1818 -- Amazon Weasel, tropical weasel 
                                  Species Mustela altaica Pallas, 1811 -- Mountain Weasel 
                                  Species Mustela erminea Linnaeus, 1758 -- Ermine, hermine 
                                  Species Mustela eversmanii Lesson, 1827 -- Steppe Polecat 
                                  Species Mustela felipei Izor and de la Torre, 1978 -- Colombian Weasel 
                                  Species Mustela frenata Lichtenstein, 1831 -- belette à longue queue, Comadreja cola larga, Long-tailed Weasel 
                                  Species Mustela itatsi Temminck, 1844 -- Japanese Weasel 
                                  Species Mustela kathiah Hodgson, 1835 -- Yellow-bellied Weasel 
                                  Species Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761) -- European Mink 
                                  Species Mustela lutreolina Robinson and Thomas, 1917 -- Indonesian Mountain Weasel 
                                  Species Mustela nigripes (Audubon and Bachman, 1851) -- Black-footed Ferret 
                                  Species Mustela nivalis Linnaeus, 1766 -- belette pygmée, Least Weasel 
                                  Species Mustela nudipes Desmarest, 1822 -- Malayan Weasel 
                                  Species Mustela putorius Linnaeus, 1758 -- European Polecat 
                                  Species Mustela sibirica Pallas, 1773 -- Siberian Weasel 
                                  Species Mustela strigidorsa Gray, 1853 -- Back-striped Weasel 
                                  Species Mustela subpalmata Hemprich and Ehrenberg, 1833 -- Egyptian Weasel 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Mustela   
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft  
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Mustela   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Mammal Species of the World, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 1998   
  Notes: http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/   
  Reference for: Mustela   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mustela   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Mustela   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mustela   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Mustela   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mustela   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Includes Grammogale, Lutreola, and Putorius  
    Comments: Revised by Hall (1951), Youngman (1982), Abramov (1999), and Kurose et al. (2000). Youngman (1982) recognized five and Abramov (1999) recognized nine subgenera. Some have chosen to elevate these groupings to generic status; because of the lack of any comprehensive phylogenetic approach to this problem, they are provisionally recognized here as valid subgenera. Synonyms for species and subspecies principally follow Abramov (1999, pers. comm.)  
 

 

    

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