Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 - weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters Subfamily Mustelinae Batsch, 1788 - weasels Genus Lyncodon Gervais, 1845 - Patagonian weasel 1 Lyncodon patagonicus (de Blainville, 1842) - Patagonian weasel