Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Eutheria > Order Carnivora > Suborder Caniformia

Mustelidae Fischer, 1817

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Gulo Pallas, 1780
Lutra Brisson, 1762
Martes Pinel, 1792
Meles Brisson, 1762
Mustela Linnaeus, 1758
Vormela Blasius, 1884

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: イタチ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Norwegian Bokmål: mårfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: mårfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: mårddjur

Literature

basis of record

Mead, J. G.; Brownell, R. L. Jr. (2005). Cetacea. In Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. 723--743.

additional source

van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Mustelidae Fischer, 1817. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136974

Prof. Dr. Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Mustelidae Fischer, 1817. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/4e75b84b-fc8d-4441-8605-67e03b3c4286

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2010-05-20 by Prof. Dr. Wieslaw Bogdanowicz & by Annalisa Berta

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