Mustela
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Long-tailed weasel ( Mustela frenata ) |
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| Linnaeus , 1758 |
Mustela is a genus of the marten family ( Mustelidae ) and includes the species commonly referred to as weasels , polecats and minks . The internal systematics in this genus is, however, somewhat more complicated, so that the general usage does not correspond to the actual relationships. The genus comprises 17 species in 4 subgenera:
- Subgenus South American weasels ( Grammogale )
- Tropical weasel ( Mustela africana )
- Colombian weasel ( Mustela felipei )
- Subgenus Mustela
- Ermine ( Mustela erminea )
- Mouse weasel ( Mustela nivalis )
- Long-tailed weasel ( Mustela frenata )
- Altai weasel ( Mustela altaica )
- Yellow-bellied weasel ( Mustela kathiah )
- Subgenus Lutreola
- European mink ( Mustela lutreola )
- Fire weasel ( Mustela sibirica )
- Egyptian weasel ( Mustela subpalmata )
- Japan weasel ( Mustela itatsi )
- Wiesel backing strip ( Mustela strigidorsa )
- Bare-footed weasel ( Mustela nudipes )
- Indonesian mountain weasel ( Mustela lutreolina )
- Subgenus Polecat ( Putorius )
- European polecat ( Mustela putorius )
- Steppeniltis ( Mustela eversmanii )
- Black-footed piltis ( Mustela nigripes )
The American mink or mink and the extinct sea ore are also often classified in the genus Mustela . According to more recent findings, however, they are not closely related to them and are therefore listed, for example, by Wilson & Reeder (2005) in a separate genre, Neovison .
literature
- Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World . 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1999, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 (English).
- DE Wilson, DM Reeder: Mammal Species of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2005. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4
Web links
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