Neogale africana

(A. G. Desmarest, 1818)

Amazon Weasel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Musteloidea
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 Anonymous. (eds.). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. Nouvelle Édition. Tome XIX. Deterville, Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, 619 pp.

Original name as described

Mustela africana

Other common names

Tropical Weasel

Type material

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

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil

Taxonomy notes

moved from Mustela to Neogale

Taxonomy notes citation

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Please send any edits, corrections, or unfilled data (including full citations) to mammaldiversity [at] gmail [dot] com.