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| Description | A weasel is a mammal of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae. The genus Mustela includes the least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets, and mink. Members of this genus are small, active predators, with long and slender bodies and short legs. The family Mustelidae (which also includes badgers, otters, and wolverines) is often referred to as the "weasel family". In the UK, the term "weasel" usually refers to the smallest species, the least weasel (M. nivalis). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustela, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 4.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Mustela | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Common Name | weasel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Mustela Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name 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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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 16 (57%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore, omnivore (based on Mustelidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Weasel, Ermines, Ferrets, Minks, Weasels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustela |
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| 👁 Image Mustela (Lutreola) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| 👁 Image Mustela (Putorius) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | Polecat | 8 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| Mustela affinis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mustela africana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| 👁 Image Mustela altaica species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Mustela aureoventris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| 👁 Image Mustela buwaldi species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Mustela cicognanii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| 👁 Image Mustela erminea species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Stoat | 17 | 1.80 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| Mustela eversmanii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| 👁 Image Mustela eversmannii species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Mustela felipei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mustela formosanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| 👁 Image Mustela frenata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Long-tailed Weasel | 29 | 4.90 Ma Pliocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| 👁 Image Mustela furo species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Ferret | 0 Ma Extant | ||
| Mustela galinthias species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| 👁 Image Mustela itatsi species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| 👁 Image Mustela jacksoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Mustela jageri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mustela kathiah species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mustela lutreola species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mustela lutreolina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mustela melanopus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| 👁 Image Mustela meltoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 4.90 Ma Pliocene | 4.90 Ma Pliocene | |
| Mustela moschiferus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| 👁 Image Mustela nigripes species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Black-footed Ferret | 12 | 1.80 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| 👁 Image Mustela nivalis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 30.8 Ma Oligocene | 16.9 Ma Miocene | |
| 👁 Image Mustela nivalis species | listed (PBDB) | Least Weasel | 24 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| 👁 Image Mustela nudipes species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Malayan Weasel | 0 Ma Extant | ||
| 👁 Image Mustela ogygia ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| 👁 Image Mustela palaeattica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| 👁 Image Mustela palermina ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Mustela pentelici species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mustela peregusna species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| 👁 Image Mustela praenivalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | |
| 👁 Image Mustela putorius species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | European Polecat | 12 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| Mustela quoll species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| 👁 Image Mustela rexroadensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 10.3 Ma Miocene | 4.90 Ma Pliocene | |
| 👁 Image Mustela sibirica species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Siberian Weasel | 2 | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant |
| 👁 Image Mustela spelaea ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| 👁 Image Mustela strigidorsa species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Mustela subpalmata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mustela zanthogenys species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1758 | Mustela Linnaeus p. 45 |
| 1825 | Mustela Gray p. 339 |
| 1902 | Mustela Hay p. 767 |
| 1935 | Mustela Schultz and Howard p. 283 |
| 1968 | Mustela Kurten p. 98 |
| 1970 | Mustela Bjork p. 16 |
| 1980 | Mustela Kurten and Anderson p. 149 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1988 | Mustela Carroll |
| 1998 | Mustela Baskin p. 164 |
| 2004 | Mustela Marmi et al. p. 492 |
| 2004 | Mustela Seymour |
| 2009 | Mustela Baryshnikov p. 86 |
| 2010 | Mustela Werdelin and Peigne p. 621 |
| 2018 | Mustela Valenciano et al. |
| Linnaeus C. , Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1, 1-824 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542 |
| Gray J. E. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe, Annals of Philosophy, new series 10, 337-344 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Schultz C. B., Howard E. B. (1935) The fauna of Burnet Cave, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 87, 273-298 |
| Kurten B. (1968) Pleistocene Mammals of Europe, 1-317 |
| Bjork P. R. (1970) The Carnivora of the Hagerman Local Fauna (Late Pliocene) of Southwestern Idaho, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 60 7, 3-54 |
| Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442 |
| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
| Baskin J. A. (1998) Mustelidae, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 152-173 |
| Marmi J., López-Giráldez J. F., et al (2004) Phylogeny, evolutionary history and taxonomy of the Mustelidae based on sequences of the cytochrome b gene and a complex repetitive flanking region, Zoologica Scripta 33 6, 481-499 |
| Seymour K. L. (2004) Pleistocene vertebrates from the pre-late Wisconsinan Mill Creek site, St. Clair County, Michigan, Michigan Academician 36, 181-211 |
| Baryshnikov G. F. (2009) Pleistocene Mustelidae (Carnivora) from Paleolithic site in Kudaro Caves in the Caucasus, Russian Journal of Theriology 8 2, 75-95 |
| Werdelin L., Peigne S. (2010) Carnivora, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 603-657 |
| Valenciano A., Abella J., et al (2018) New Early Miocene Material of Iberictis, the Oldest Member of the Wolverine Lineage (Carnivora, Mustelidae, Guloninae), Journal of Mammalian Evolution doi:10.1007/s10914-018-9445-x |
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| 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. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
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| 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). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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