Mustela

Mustela erminea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caniformia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamila: Mustelinae
Genus: Mustela
Species: M. africana - M. altaica - M. erminea - M. eversmanii - M. felipei - M. frenata - M. itatsi - M. kathiah - M. lutreola - M. lutreolina - M. nigripes - M. nivalis - M. nudipes - M. putorius - M. sibirica - M. strigidorsa - M. subpalmata

Name

Mustela Linnaeus, 1758

Type species: [Mustela] erminea Linnaeus, 1758, by tautonomy (Miller, 1912).

Synonyms

• Arctogale Kaup, 1829
• Cabreragale Baryshnikov & Abramov, 1997
• Cryptomustela Abramov, 2000
• Cynomyonax Coues, 1877
• Eumustela Acloque, 1899
• Foetorius Keyserling & Blasius, 1840
• Gale Wagner, 1841
• Grammogale Cabrera, 1940
• Gymnopus Gray, 1865
• Hydromustela Bogdanov, 1871
• Ictis Kaup, 1829
• Kolonocus Satunin, 1914
• Kolonokus Satunin, 1911
• Lutreola Wagner, 1841
• Mustelina Bogdanov, 1871
• Mustella Scopoli, 1777
• Neogale Gray, 1865
• Neovison Baryshnikov & Abramov, 1997
• Plesiogale Pocock, 1921
• Pocockictis Kretzoi, 1947
• Putorius Cuvier, 1817
• Vison Gray, 1843

References

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp : page 45.
• Mustela in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Mustela Linnaeus, 1758 Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Wiesel
English: Weasels
Nederlands: Wezels
日本語: イタチ属
Suomi: Kärpät
Türkçe: Gelincik

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