Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Mustela (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Mustela (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758

Original entries

Mustela erminea var. 2 Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent entries

Mustela erminea var. 1 Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Mustela (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 614.

Alternative positions

Mustela (Mustela) (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 614. [by reference]

Historical positions

Mustela (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: 614.
Mustela (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 614 [Youngman, 1982; Abramov, 1999]. [by reference]
Mustela (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 321.
Mustela (Subgenus) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 1993: 321. [alternative position]
Mustela (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 105.
Muſtela (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 46-47. [new spelling]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	37ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 7 Dec 2014	[37ss]
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 614	[37ss]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[2v]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[2v]