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Mustela erminea
Linnaeus, 1758
- ermine
(mammal)
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Mustela (Genus) - weasels, ermines, stoats, minks, ferrets, and polecats
..Cabreragale (Subgenus)
..Cryptomustela (Subgenus)
..Gale (Subgenus)
..Grammogale (Subgenus)
..Kolonokus (Subgenus)
..Lutreola (Subgenus)
..Mustela (Subgenus)
..Mustela africana (Species) - Amazon weasel
..Mustela altaica (Species) - mountain weasel
..Mustela eversmannii (Species) - steppe polecat
..Mustela felipei (Species) - Colombian weasel
..Mustela frenata (Species) - long-tailed weasel
..Mustela itatsi (Species) - Japanese weasel
..Mustela kathiah (Species) - yellow-bellied weasel
..Mustela lutreola (Species) - European mink
..Mustela lutreolina (Species) - Indonesian mountain weasel
..Mustela nigripes (Species) - black-footed ferret
..Mustela nivalis (Species) - least weasel
..Mustela nudipes (Species) - Malayan weasel
..†Mustela palerminea (Species)
..Mustela putorius (Species) - European polecat
..Mustela sibirica (Species) - Siberian weasel
..Mustela strigidorsa (Species) - back-striped weasel
..Mustela subpalmata (Species) - Egyptian weasel
..Pocockictis (Subgenus)
..Putorius (Subgenus)
..Mustela erminea (Species) - ermine
....Mustela erminea aestiva (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea alascensis (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea anguinae (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea arctica (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea augustidens (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea bangsi (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea celenda (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea cigognanii (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea erminea (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea fallenda (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea ferghanae (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea gulosa (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea haidarum (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea hibernica (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea initis (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea invicta (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea kadiacensis (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea kaneii (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea karaginensis (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea lymani (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea martinoi (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea minima (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea mongolica (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea muricus (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea nippon (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea ognevi (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea olympica (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea polaris (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea richardsonii (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea ricinae (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea salva (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea seclusa (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea semplei (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea stabilis (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea streatori (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea teberdina (Subspecies)
....Mustela erminea tobolica (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Unavailable original name & rank
:
Ray, J. 1693: 198. [Muſtela candida ſ. Ermineum].
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 46-47 ("Erminea").
Types
Type of
:
Mustela
(Subgenus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Mustela erminea erminea
Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
hermelijn
:
grote wezel
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
ermine
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 614.
:
stoat
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