Mustela minuta

Mustela minuta seems to refer to two different animals. One refers to the extinct Palaeogale minuta,https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M._minuta&oldid=837406366https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palaeogale&oldid=1145570739 the other is a previous name for the European species (from Sweden to Slovakia, from what I can see) Mustela nivalis.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234848784_Geographic_variation_and_intraspecific_taxonomy_of_weasel_Mustela_nivalis_Carnivora_Mustelidaehttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21658005.2016.1204722?journalCode=tzec20 Minuta as a fossil is M. minuta (Gervais, 1848) whereas minuta as a living animal is M. minuta (Pomel, 1853). As a fossil the Palaeogale genus first started in Europe 36 or more million years ago, but no location is given and minuta may not have been the type species. As a European (sub)species it still survives to this day. It took 80 years before someone thought M. minuta (Gervais, 1848) should belong to Palaeogale. I don't know if this issue was noticed and brought to attention (I mean, surely someone did...).
== See also ==
* Weasels
* Mustela
== References ==
Category:Extinct mustelids
Category:Mustela minuta
Category:Palaeogale minuta
Category:Mustela nivalis
Category:Fossils