Mustela erminea
Linnaeus, 1758
Beringian Ermine
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Carnivora |
Suborder | : Caniformia |
Infraorder | : Arctoidea |
Superfamily | : Musteloidea |
Family | : Mustelidae |
Subfamily | : Mustelinae |
Genus | : Mustela |
Species status
Authority citation
Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033857Original name as described
Mustela erminea
Other common names
Stoat · Short-tailed Weasel
Type locality
Sweden.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Palearctic
Country distribution
Canada · United States · Ireland · United Kingdom · Portugal · Spain · France · Belgium · Luxembourg · Netherlands · Germany · Denmark · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Slovakia · Poland · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Mongolia · Japan
Subregion distribution
USA(AK)
Taxonomy notes
previously included M. haidarum and M. richardsonii
Taxonomy notes citation
Colella, J. P., Frederick, L. M., Talbot, S. L., & Cook, J. A. (2021). Extrinsically reinforced hybrid speciation within Holarctic ermine (Mustela spp.) produces an insular endemic. Diversity and Distributions, 00, 1-16.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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