Mustela mopbie

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Musteloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Caniformia Cladus: Canoidea Infraordo: Arctoidea Parvordo: Mustelida Superfamilia: Musteloidea

Familia: Mustelidae
Subfamilia: Mustelinae
Genus: Mustela
Subgenus: Mustela (Mustela)
Species: Mustela mopbie

Name

Mustela mopbie Wei, Cao, He, Abramov, Wang, Fu, Li, Yang, Fu, Huang, Zhou, Wen & Ge, 2025

• Holotype: BIZ MB240076.
• Type species: “Mabian Dafengding Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province (28°41′45″N, 103°21′18″E; altitude 2488 m), China”.

References

Primary references

• Wei, Q.-J., Cao, L., He, X.-C., Abramov, A., Wang, J., Fu, J., Li, R., Yang, Q.-S., Fu, L.-Q., Huang, Y.-H., Zhou, C.-Q., Wen, Z.-X. & Ge, D.-Y. 2025. Phylogenomics of the Genus Mustela with description of a new species from China. Journal of Systematics and Evolution in press. DOI: 10.1111/jse.70029 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Hengduan Mountain Weasel