Lyncodon patagonicus

(de Blainville, 1842)

Patagonian Weasel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Musteloidea
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Ictonychinae
Genus : Lyncodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Osteogr. Mamm, pt. 10 (Viverra), 1 {Chile.pdf}: Osteog. Mamm. Rec. Foss., Atlas, 2, fasc. 10, pi. 12 (Mustela); text, 2, fasc. 4, p. 42 (Putois du Chili), p. 81 (Putois duParaguay),1842 {South America (Cabrera 1958)}: Ostéogr. Mammif., 2, fasc. 10, 1842 : lám. 13

Original name as described

Mustela patagonica

Type material

MNHN-ZM-AC-A2006

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Chile

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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