Neogale africana

(A. G. Desmarest, 1818)

Amazon Weasel

Taxonomy

Subclass	: Theria
Infraclass	: Placentalia
Magnorder	: Boreoeutheria
Superorder	: Laurasiatheria
Order	: Carnivora
Suborder	: Caniformia
Infraorder	: Arctoidea
Parvorder	: Mustelida
Family	: Mustelidae
Subfamily	: Mustelinae
Genus	: Neogale

Species status

Living

Found in the wild

Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Desmarest, A.G. 1818. MARTE, Mustela. Pp. 364–387 in Société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. (eds.). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. Nouvelle Édition. Tome XIX. Deterville, Paris, 619 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18042108

Original name as described

Mustela africana

Other common names

Tropical Weasel

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1984-628 (= MNHN "848")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1984-628

Type locality

Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil

Subregion distribution

Distribution notes

Distribution references

Taxonomy notes

moved from Mustela to Neogale

Taxonomy notes citation

Patterson, B.D., Ramírez-Chaves, H.E., Vilela, J.F., Soares, A.E.R. and Grewe, F. 2021. On the nomenclature of the American clade of weasels (Carnivora: Mustelidae). Journal of Animal Diversity 3(2):1-8. a#58334

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005861

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 13 names and synonyms.

Mustela africana

(A. G. Desmarest, 1818)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

africana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1984-628 (= MNHN "848")

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1984-628

Authority page

376

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18042108

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Desmarest (1821:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Schinz (1821:876, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Griffith (1822:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1826:213, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25385625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41027)
Lesson (1827:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Murray (1866:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Miller (1912:412, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8421731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5948)
Corbet & Hill (1980:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:649) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Putorius africanus

(A. Pomel, 1856)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

africana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

654

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1212468

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Pomel (1856:654, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1212468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68664)

Gymnopus africanus

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

africana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497051

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497051) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
Gray (1869:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
Rochebrune (1883:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)

Mustela Stolzmanni

(Taczanowski, 1882)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

stolzmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MIZ 79411, MIZ 83480

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Authority page

835

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30760068

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Allen (1916:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16021)

Putorius (Mustela) brasiliensis paraensis

(Goeldi, 1897)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

paraensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

560

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9962721

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Putorius frenatus paraensis

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

paraensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423092

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Putorius stolzmanni

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

stolzmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

212

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423093

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423093) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Putorius nivalis africanus

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

africana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423037

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Mustela paraensis

(J. A. Allen, 1916)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

paraensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1916:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16021)

Mustela nivalis africana

(S. S. Flower, 1932)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

africana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

402

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Flower (1932:402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)

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Mustela africana africana

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

africana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela africana stolzmanni

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

stolzmanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Neogale africana

B. D. Patterson, Ramírez-Chaves, J. F. Vilela, Soares, & Grewe, 2021

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

africana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Journal of Animal Diversity

Name usages

Patterson, Ramírez-Chaves, Vilela, Soares & Grewe (2021:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58334)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14025/45200982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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