Neogale frenata

(H. Lichtenstein, 1831)

Long-tailed Weasel

Front view, standing on hind legs, facing camera. Formerly Mustela frenata.
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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

Lichtenstein, H. 1831. Pls. 38–42. Pp. pl. 38–pl. 42 in Lichtenstein, H. 1834. Darstellung neuer oder wenig bekannter Säugethiere in Abbildungen und Beschreibungen von fünf und sechzig Arten auf funfzig colorirten Steindrucktafelln nach den Originalen des zoologischen Museums der Universität zu Berlin. C. G. Lüderitz, Berlin, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43374146

Original name as described

Mustela frenata

Type material

ZMB 991

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ciudad Mexico, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia

Subregion distribution

USA(AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY)

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/1005866

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

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

Total: 156 names and synonyms.

Mustela brasiliensis

(Sevastianoff, 1813)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

356-363, pl. 4

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1829:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  2. Gray (1865:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
  3. Murray (1866:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Gray (1869:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397011) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  5. Alfaro (1897:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37835)
  6. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela frenata

(H. Lichtenstein, 1831)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

frenata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 991

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

pl. 42 unnumbered p. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43374146

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Audubon & Bachman (1842:291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37723)
  2. De Kay (1842:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  3. Tomes (1862:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34985)
  4. Tate (1939:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9796)
  5. Tate (1939:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9796)
  6. Necker & Hatfield (1941:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69510)
  7. Goodwin (1946:431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  8. Orr (1949:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  9. Hershkovitz (1951:561, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2761768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37831)
  10. Burt & Stirton (1961:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5545)
  11. Anderson (1972:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  12. Corbet & Hill (1980:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  13. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  14. Heaton (1985:365, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8885283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5733)
  15. Corbet & Hill (1991:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  16. Wozencraft (1993:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  17. Anderson (1997:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  18. Voss (2003:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60861454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2297)
  19. Flynn, Finarelli, Zehr, Hsu & Nedbal (2005:336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/478)
  20. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  21. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  22. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  23. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  24. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Mustela frænata

(Bonaparte, 1838)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

fraenata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2296788

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Bonaparte (1838:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2296788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68905)

Mustela longicauda

(Bonaparte, 1838)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

longicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.3.3.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e370d328-b5fd-4b0c-9f71-34dd2c9596bb

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2296788

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Bonaparte (1838:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2296788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68905)
  2. Murray (1866:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Hall (1934:368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69519)
  4. Bailey (1936:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Putorius Noveboracensis

(E. Emmons, 1840)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

noveboracensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

45

Authority publication

Cambridge (Massachusetts)

Name usages

  1. De Kay (1842:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  2. Rhoads (1896:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14622)
  3. Merriam (1896:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45540361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14565)
  4. Trouessart (1904:210, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  5. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela fusca

(Audubon & Bachman, 1841)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

fusca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779196

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Audubon & Bachman (1842:288, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24623286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37723)
  2. De Kay (1842:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  3. Blyth (1852:343, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela xanthogenys

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

xanthogenys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.11.21.4 (= BMNH:Mamm:234a), BMNH:Mamm:1843.6.4.55 (= BMNH:Mamm:197a)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e429bc87-d470-4487-9183-3ca7b438da25 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fdee54b0-d309-484b-9ae8-4021c4019beb

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2326279

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gray (1844:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40020018) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57405)
  2. Gray (1865:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
  3. Murray (1866:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Gray (1869:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397012) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  5. Bailey (1936:291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)
  6. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela agilis

(von Tschudi, 1844)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

agilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

248

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089023

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Tschudi (1844:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34348)

Mustela agilis

(von Tschudi, 1845)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

agilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007894

Authority publication

St. Gallen

Name usages

  1. Tschudi (1845:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007894) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37358)
  2. Schmarda (1853:559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68334)
  3. Gray (1865:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
  4. Murray (1866:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Gray (1869:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  6. Allen (1916:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16021)
  7. Thomas (1926:314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19806)

Putorius agilis

(Audubon & Bachman, 1854)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

agilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

184

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53706638

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

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

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