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Mustela frenata  Lichtenstein, 1831
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180556

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Long-tailed Weasel [English]
  
    belette à longue queue [French]
  
    Comadreja cola larga [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyMustelidae Fischer, 1817 – mustelids  
                                        SubfamilyMustelinae Fischer, 1817 – minks, polecats, ermines, ferrets, weasels  
                                           GenusMustela Linnaeus, 1758 – polecats, ermines, ferrets, minks, weasels  
                                              SpeciesMustela frenata Lichtenstein, 1831 – Long-tailed Weasel, belette à longue queue, Comadreja cola larga  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata affinis Gray, 1874  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata agilis Tschudi, 1844  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata alleni (Merriam, 1896)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata altifrontalis Hall, 1936  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata arizonensis (Mearns, 1891)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata arthuri Hall, 1927  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata aureoventris Gray, 1864  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata boliviensis Hall, 1938  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata costaricensis Goldman, 1912  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata effera Hall, 1936  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata frenata Lichtenstein, 1831  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata goldmani (Merriam, 1896)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata gracilis (Brown, 1908)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata helleri Hall, 1935  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata inyoensis Hall, 1936  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata latirostra Hall, 1936  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata leucoparia (Merriam, 1896)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata longicauda Bonaparte, 1838  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata macrophonius (Elliot, 1905)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata munda (Bangs, 1899)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata neomexicana (Barber and Cockerell, 1898)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata nevadensis Hall, 1936  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata nicaraguae J. A. Allen, 1916  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata nigriauris Hall, 1936  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata notia (Bangs, 1899)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata noveboracensis (Emmons, 1840)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata occisor (Bangs, 1899)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata olivacea Howell, 1913  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata oregonensis (Merriam, 1896)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata oribasus (Bangs, 1899)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata panamensis Hall, 1932  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata peninsulae (Rhoads, 1894)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata perda (Merriam, 1902)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata perotae Hall, 1936  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata primulina Jackson, 1913  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata pulchra Hall, 1936  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata saturata (Merriam, 1896)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata spadix (Bangs, 1896)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata texensis Hall, 1936  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata tropicalis (Merriam, 1896)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata washingtoni (Merriam, 1896)  
                                                 Subspecies Mustela frenata xanthogenys Gray, 1843  
       

 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 frenata    
       
  Expert: W. Christopher Wozencraft  
  Notes: Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545   
  Reference for: Mustela frenata    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: CDP, database (version 1999)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Long-tailed Weasel[English], belette à longue queue [French]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Comadreja cola larga[Spanish]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mustela frenata   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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 frenata   
       
  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 frenata   
       
  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 frenata, Long-tailed Weasel [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Mustela frenata   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    South America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: Youngman (1982) and Abramov (1999) placed frenata in the subgenus Mustela. Synonyms allocated according to Hall (1951) and Sheffield and Thomas (1997)  
 

 

    

 
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