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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Mustelidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Mustelidae
Recognized by 000_Carnivore Names Test, Eswatini Species List, Jordan Species List, Afghanistan Species List, eMammal, CalPhotos, Egypt Species List, AnAge articles, INBio, IABIN, Ecomare, Fitzpatrick Institute of Ornithology Virtual Museum, Kissling et al, 2014, Afghanistan Species List, Albania Species List, Algeria Species List, Andorra Species List, Angola Species List, Armenia Species List, Austria Species List, Belarus Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Benin Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Croatia Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Denmark Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Estonia Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, French Guiana Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guinea Species List, Guyana Species List, Hungary Species List, Iceland Species List, India Species List, Iran Species List, Iraq Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Kosovo Species List, Kyrgyzstan Species List, Laos Species List, Latvia Species List, Lebanon Species List, Liberia Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Macedonia Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Moldova Species List, Mongolia Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, Nepal Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Niger Species List, Norway Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palestine Species List, Panama Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Philippines Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Serbia Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Singapore Species List, Slovakia Species List, Slovenia Species List, South Korea Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Suriname Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Syria Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tajikistan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Turkey Species List, Uganda Species List, Ukraine Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Uruguay Species List, Uzbekistan Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Black Sea Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Gulf of Alaska Species List, Gulf of Bothnia Species List, Gulf of Finland Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of Riga Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Java Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Hudson Strait Species List, Hudson Bay Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Sea of Okhostk Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Skagerrak Species List, South China Sea Species List, Yellow Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, OBIS environmental data records, GBIF national node type records UK, Aegean Sea Species List, United States Species List, Flickr BHL, and Lovegrove 2014

Alternative Names

Mustilidae
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
? ancipidens White, 1941
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? angustidens Hall, 1930
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? antiqua de Blainville, 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? bathygnatha Lydekker, 1884
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? bozemanensis Dorr, 1954
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? brasiliensis Lund, 1838
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? bravardi Pomel, 1843
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? brevifacies Peterson, 1907
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? breviramus Hibbard, 1941
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? campanii Meneghini, 1863
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? castiglionis Pereira & Salotti, 2000
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? chisoensis Stevens & Stevens, 2003
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cookii Gazin, 1934
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? crassivultus Cope, 1879
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cretensis Symeonides & Sondaar, 1975
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? darbyi Thorpe, 1921
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? diluviana Cope, 1889
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ekecaman Werdelin, 2003
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? euxena Bate, 1935
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? fossidens Cope, 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? frazieri Frailey, 1978
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? furlongi Merriam, 1911
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gemmarosae Loomis, 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? glareae Sinclair, 1915
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? grangerensis Bryant, 1968
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? huilidens Dehm, 1950
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hyaenoides Cope, 1881
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ichnusae Malatesta, 1977
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? idahoensis Gazin, 1934
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ingens Gazin, 1934
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? lacota Matthew & Gidley, 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? lepidus Matthew, 1907
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? leptops Cope, 1899
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? lluecai Villalta Comella & Crusafont Pairó, 1945
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? lorteti Filhol, 1879
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? macrodon Cope, 1868
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? madisonae Douglass, 1929
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? majori Malatesta, 1978
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? marshalli Martin, 1928
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? mayri Dehm, 1950
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? modicus Matthew, 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? nevadensis Butterworth, 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? obtusata Cope, 1899
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? oregonensis Shotwell, 1970
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pachycephalus Cope, 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? parviloba Cope, 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? petersoni Loomis, 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? piscinaria Leidy, 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pontica Nordmann, 1860
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? postfelina Dehm, 1950
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pristina Matthew & Gidley, 1904
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? reevei Newton, 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? robusta Cope, 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? simplicidens Peterson, 1907
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? trinacriae Burgio & Fiore, 1988
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vallentoni Geoffroy-Saint-Hillaire, 1833
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vantasselensis Loomis, 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vireti Dehm, 1950
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Adroverictis Ginsburg & Morales 1996
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aelurocyon Peterson 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anatolictis Schmidt-Kittler 1976
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anonyx Agassiz 1846
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Bathygale Wolsan 1993
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Beckia Bryant 1968
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Brevimalictis Smith, Czaplewski & Cifelli 2014
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chamitataxus Owen 2006
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Circamustela Petter 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cyrnolutra Pereira & Salotti 2000
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dehmictis Ginsburg & Morales 1992
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Djourabus Peigné, De Bonis, Likius, Mackaye, Vignaud & Brunet 2008
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Enhydrichtis Stefani 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Enhydrictis Forsyth-Major 1902
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Enhydrus Dahl 1823
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Enydris Ritgen 1828
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Gaalina Sarwar & Akhtar 1991
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hadrictis Pia 1939
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Helbingia Kretzoi & Kretzoi 2000
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Howellictis de Bonis, Peigné, Guy, Likius, Makaye, Vignaud & Brunet 2009
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Iberictis Ginsburg & Morales 1992
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ictis Schulze 1897
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ischyrictis Helbing 1930
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kenyalutra Schmidt-Kittler 1987
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kinometaxia Wang, Qiu & Wang 2004
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Laphyctis Viret 1933
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Luogale Schmidt-Kittler 1987
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Marcetia Petter 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Martes Frisch 1775
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melidellavus Ginsburg 1961
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Melodon Zdansky 1926
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mesomephitis Petter 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mustelidae Fischer 1817
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors
Mustilidae
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Mustilidae
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Nannomephitis Kretzoi 1952
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Negodiaetictis Smith, Czaplewski & Cifelli 2014
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Oriensictis Ogino & Otsuka 2008
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Oxyvormela Rabeder 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Palaeomeles Villalta & Crusafont Pairó 1943
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pannonictis Kormos 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paragale Petter 1968
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paramartes Kretzoi 1952
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Parataxidea Zdansky 1926
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paroligobunis Peterson 1910
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Perictis Kretzoi & Kretzoi 2000
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Perunium Orlov 1947
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Plesiomeles Viret & Crusafont-Pairo 1955
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polgardia Kretzoi 1952
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Prepoecilogale Petter 1985
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Presictis
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Promeles Zittel 1893
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Promellivora Pilgrim 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Proputorius Filhol 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Protarctos Kretzoi 1945
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sabadellictis Petter 1963
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sinictis Zdansky 1924
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sivalictis Pilgrim 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sminthosinus Bjork 1970
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Stipanicicia Reig 1956
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Taxodon Lartet 1851
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Teruelictis Salesa, Antón, Siliceo, Pesquero, Morales & Alcalá 2013
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Torolutra Petter, Pickford & Howell 1991
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Trochictis Meyer 1842
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Xenictis Kretzoi 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Zorilla Oken 1816
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

badgers, otters, weasels, and relatives preferred
mink
Recognized by Flickr BHL
weasel family
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Albanian

Kunadhet preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Amharic

የፋደት አስተኔ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

ابن عرس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

կզաքիսներ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Asturian

Mustélidos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Dələkimilər preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

куніцавыя preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Breton

Mustelideged preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

порови preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Burmese

ဝီဇယ်မျိုးရင်း preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Mustèlid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

鼬科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chuvash

Сăсар йышшисем preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Kune preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

lasicovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dagbani

Baliga preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Mårfamilien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Marterachtigen
Recognized by admin
marterachtigen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Erzya

Чинеминькань preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Musteledoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

kärplased preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Faroese

Márdýr preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Näätäeläimet
Recognized by admin
näätäeläimet preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Galician

Mustélidos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

კვერნისებრნი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Marder preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Μουστελίδες preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

סמוריים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hindi

मस्टेलिडाए preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

menyétfélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Icelandic

Marðarætt preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ido

Mustelido preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ingush

Соалора preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

イタチ科 preferred

Kabyle

Tidɣaɣatin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kazakh

Сусарлар тұқымдасы preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Суусар сымалдуулар preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Komi

Тулан котыр preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

족제비과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kurdish

Kûze preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

Caunu dzimta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lingua Franca Nova

Mustelido preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Kiauniniai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

Куни preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Malayalam

മസ്റ്റെലൈഡ് preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Meadow Mari

Йос-влак preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Dlǫ́ʼii Ndahalinígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

North Frisian

Moore preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Northern Sami

neahteeallit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Mårfamilien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
mårfamilien preferred

Occitan (post 1500)

mustelids preferred
Recognized by admin

Ossetian; Ossetic

Сæлавыронтæ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

راسویان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

łasicowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Portuguese

Mustelídeos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Mustelide preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

куньи preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sakha

Солоҥдотуҥулар кэргэннэрэ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Serbian

Куне preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Shambala

Kune preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

Lasicovité preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

Kune preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

mårddjur preferred

Thai

วงศ์เพียงพอน preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Turkish

Sansargiller preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Uighur; Uyghur

ئاغمىخان ئائىلىسى preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

куницеві preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Unspecified

merikoleem preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
netielleeh preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
nieʹttjieʹlli preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Upper Sorbian

kuny preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Uzbek

Suvsarlar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Họ Chồn preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Walloon

Bascolidîs preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Western Frisian

Martereftigen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Wu

鼬科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

ابن عرس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

دله‌کیمی‌لر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Mrj

Лый йишвлӓ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nan

Tiau-kho preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

نیولے preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Stq

Moddere preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vls

Marterachtign preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yue

preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

鼬科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

鼬科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Mustelidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae (this page)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae (this page)