Mustela Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae
Mustela

description: Mustela Linnaeus 1758
Mustela Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 45.
Type Species: Mustela erminea Linnaeus 1758
Synonyms: Arctogale Kaup 1829; Cabreragale Baryshnikov and Abramov 1997; Cryptomustela Abramov 2000; Cynomyonax Coues 1877; Eumustela Acloque 1899; Foetorius Keyserling and Blasius 1840; Gale Wagner 1841; Grammogale Cabrera 1940; Gymnopus Gray 1865; Hydromustela Bogdanov 1871; Ictis Kaup 1829; Kolonocus Satunin 1914; Kolonokus Satunin 1911; Lutreola Wagner 1841; Mustelina Bogdanov 1871; Mustella Scopoli 1777; Neogale Gray 1865; Plesiogale Pocock 1921; Pocockictis Kretzoi 1947; Putorius Cuvier 1817; Vison Gray 1843.
Species and subspecies: 17 species with 139 subspecies:
Species Mustela africana Desmarest 1818
Subspecies Mustela africana subsp. africana Desmarest 1818
Subspecies Mustela africana subsp. stolzmanni Taczanowski 1881
Species Mustela altaica Pallas 1811
Subspecies Mustela altaica subsp. altaica Pallas 1811
Subspecies Mustela altaica subsp. birulai Ognev 1928
Subspecies Mustela altaica subsp. raddei Ognev 1928
Subspecies Mustela altaica subsp. temon Hodgson 1857
Species Mustela erminea Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. erminea Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. aestiva Kerr 1792
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. alascensis Merriam 1896
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. anguinae Hall 1932
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. arctica Merriam 1896
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. augustidens Brown 1908
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. bangsi Hall 1945
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. celenda Hall 1944
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. cigognanii Bonaparte 1838
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. fallenda Hall 1945
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. ferghanae Thomas 1895
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. gulosa Hall 1945
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. haidarum Preble 1898
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. hibernica Thomas and Barrett-Hamilton 1895
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. initis Hall 1945
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. invicta Hall 1945
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. kadiacensis Merriam 1896
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. kaneii Baird 1857
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. karaginensis Jurgenson 1936
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. lymani Hollister 1912
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. martinoi Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. minima Cavazza 1912
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. mongolica Ognev 1928
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. muricus Bangs 1899
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. nippon Cabrera 1913
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. ognevi Jurgenson 1932
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. olympica Hall 1945
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. polaris Barrett-Hamilton 1904
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. richardsonii Bonaparte 1838
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. ricinae Miller 1907
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. salva Hall 1944
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. seclusa Hall 1944
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. semplei Sutton and Hamilton 1932
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. stabilis Barrett-Hamilton 1904
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. streatori Merriam 1896
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. teberdina Korneev 1941
Subspecies Mustela erminea subsp. tobolica Ognev 1923
Species Mustela eversmanii Lesson 1827
Subspecies Mustela eversmanii subsp. eversmanii Lesson 1827
Subspecies Mustela eversmanii subsp. admirata Pocock 1936
Subspecies Mustela eversmanii subsp. amurensis Ognev 1930
Subspecies Mustela eversmanii subsp. hungarica Éhik 1928
Subspecies Mustela eversmanii subsp. larvatus Hodgson 1849
Subspecies Mustela eversmanii subsp. michnoi Kastschenko 1910
Subspecies Mustela eversmanii subsp. talassicus Ognev 1928
Species Mustela felipei Izor and de la Torre 1978
Species Mustela frenata Lichtenstein 1831
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. frenata Lichtenstein 1831
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. affinis Gray 1874
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. agilis Tschudi 1844
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. alleni Merriam 1896
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. altifrontalis Hall 1936
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. arizonensis Mearns 1891
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. arthuri Hall 1927
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. aureoventris Gray 1864
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. boliviensis Hall 1938
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. costaricensis Goldman 1912
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. effera Hall 1936
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. goldmani Merriam 1896
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. gracilis Brown 1908
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. helleri Hall 1935
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. inyoensis Hall 1936
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. latirostra Hall 1936
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. leucoparia Merriam 1896
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. longicauda Bonaparte 1838
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. macrophonius Elliot 1905
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. munda Bangs 1899
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. neomexicanus Barber and Cockerell 1898
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. nevadensis Hall 1936
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. nicaraguae J. A. Allen 1916
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. nigriauris Hall 1936
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. notius Bangs 1899
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. noveboracensis Emmons 1840
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. occisor Bangs 1899
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. olivacea Howell 1913
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. oregonensis Merriam 1896
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. oribasus Bangs 1899
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. panamensis Hall 1932
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. peninsulae Rhoads 1894
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. perda Merriam 1902
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. perotae Hall 1936
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. primulina Jackson 1913
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. pulchra Hall 1936
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. saturata Merriam 1896
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. spadix Bangs 1896
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. texensis Hall 1936
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. tropicalis Merriam 1896
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. washingtoni Merriam 1896
Subspecies Mustela frenata subsp. xanthogenys Gray 1843
Species Mustela itatsi Temminck 1844
Species Mustela kathiah Hodgson 1835
Subspecies Mustela kathiah subsp. kathiah Hodgson 1835
Subspecies Mustela kathiah subsp. caporiaccoi de Beaux 1935
Species Mustela lutreola Linnaeus 1761
Subspecies Mustela lutreola subsp. lutreola Linnaeus 1761
Subspecies Mustela lutreola subsp. biedermanni Matschie 1912
Subspecies Mustela lutreola subsp. binominata Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951
Subspecies Mustela lutreola subsp. cylipena Matschie 1912
Subspecies Mustela lutreola subsp. novikovi Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951
Subspecies Mustela lutreola subsp. transsylvanica Éhik 1932
Subspecies Mustela lutreola subsp. turovi Kuznetsov in Novikov 1939
Species Mustela lutreolina Robinson and Thomas 1917
Species Mustela nigripes Audubon and Bachman 1851
Species Mustela nivalis Linnaeus 1766
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. nivalis Linnaeus 1766
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. allegheniensis Rhoads 1901
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. boccamela Bechstein 1800
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. campestris Jackson 1913
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. caucasica Barrett-Hamilton 1900
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. eskimo Stone 1900
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. heptneri Morozova-Turova 1953
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. mosanensis Mori 1927
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. namiyei Kuroda 1921
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. numidica Pucheran 1855
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. pallida Barrett-Hamilton 1900
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. pygmaea J. A. Allen 1903
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. rixosa Bangs 1896
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. rossica Abramov and Baryshnikov 2000
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. russelliana Thomas 1911
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. stoliczkana Blanford 1877
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. tonkinensis Björkegren 1941
Subspecies Mustela nivalis subsp. vulgaris Erxleben 1777
Species Mustela nudipes Desmarest 1822
Subspecies Mustela nudipes subsp. nudipes Desmarest 1822
Subspecies Mustela nudipes subsp. leucocephalus Gray 1865
Species Mustela putorius Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Mustela putorius subsp. putorius Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Mustela putorius subsp. anglia Pocock 1936
Subspecies Mustela putorius subsp. aureola Barrett-Hamilton 1904
Subspecies Mustela putorius subsp. caledoniae Tetley 1939
Subspecies Mustela putorius subsp. furo Linnaeus 1758
Subspecies Mustela putorius subsp. mosquensis Heptner 1966
Subspecies Mustela putorius subsp. rothschildi Pocock 1932
Species Mustela sibirica Pallas 1773
Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. sibirica Pallas 1773
Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. canigula Hodgson 1842
Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. charbinensis Lowkashkin 1934
Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. coreanus Domaniewski 1926
Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. davidiana Milne-Edwards 1871
Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. fontanierii Milne-Edwards 1871
Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. hodgsoni Gray 1843
Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. manchurica Brass 1911
Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. moupinensis Milne-Edwards 1874
Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. quelpartis Thomas 1908
Subspecies Mustela sibirica subsp. subhemachalana Hodgson 1837
Species Mustela strigidorsa Gray 1853
Species Mustela subpalmata Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833
Discussion: Revised by Hall (1951), Youngman (1982), Abramov (1999), and Kurose et al. (2000). Youngman (1982) recognized five and Abramov (1999) recognized nine subgenera. Some have chosen to elevate these groupings to generic status; because of the lack of any comprehensive phylogenetic approach to this problem, they are provisionally recognized here as valid subgenera. Synonyms for species and subspecies principally follow Abramov (1999, pers. comm.).
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, pp. 532-628 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 613, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519