Mustela Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
GENUS: Published in
Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Mammalia: order
Carnivora: family
Mustelidae: genus
Mustela

Name

Synonyms: Arctogale Kaup, 1829; Cabreragale Baryshnikov & Abramov, 1997; Cryptomustela Abramov, 1999; Cyanomyonax Trouessart, 1885; Cynomyanax Elliot, 1904; Cynomyonax Coues, 1877; Eumustela Acloque, 1899; Faetorius Trouessart, 1885; Foetorius Keyserling & Blasius, 1840; Gale Wagner, 1841; Grammogale Cabrera, 1940; Hydromustela Bogdanow, 1871; Ictis Kaup, 1829; Kolonocus Satunin, 1914; Kolonokus Satunin, 1911; Mustelina Bogdanow, 1871; Mustella Scopoli, 1777; Neogale Gray, 1865; Pictorius Gray, 1865; Plesiogale Pocock, 1921
Homonyms: Mustela Cloquet, 1824; Mustela Linnaeus, 1758; Mustela Blasius, 1857; Mustela Bechstein, 1800
Common names: ermines in English; ferrets in English; minks in English; weasel in English; weasels in English

Bibliographic References

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur
Harding, Larisa E., and Felisa A. Smith, 2009: Mustela or Vison? Evidence for the taxonomic status of the American mink and a distinct biogeographic radiation of American weasels. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 52, no. 3. 632-642.
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition.
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006).
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006).
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
as per family (except Lontra, Enhydra)