Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Mustelidae

Original position

Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Mustelinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Mustela barbara Linnaeus, 1758
Mustela erminea Linnaeus, 1758
Mustela furo Linnaeus, 1758
Mustela gulo Linnaeus, 1758
Mustela lutra Linnaeus, 1758
Mustela lutris Linnaeus, 1758
Mustela martes Linnaeus, 1758
Mustela putorius Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Mustelinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788

Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 613.

Alternative positions

Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 66.
Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 105.

Historical positions

Mustelinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 613.
Mustelinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 266.
Mustelinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 321.
Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 105.
Mustelinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1042.
Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Ferae (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 26, 66.
Feræ (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 18, 45.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	17s;142ss; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 9 Dec 2014	[17s;142ss]
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 618	[17s;142ss]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[16s]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[16s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[18s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[9s;2v]