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; Gymnopus Gray, 1865; Hydromustela Bogdanow, 1871; Ictis Kaup, 1829; Kolonocus Satunin, 1914; Kolonokus Satunin, 1911; Mustelina Bogdanow, 1871; Mustella Scopoli, 1777; Neogale Gray, 1865; Pictorius Gray, 1865
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
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)