Neogale felipei

(Izor & de la Torre, 1978)

Colombian 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

Izor, R.J. and de la Torre, L. 1978. A new species of weasel (Mustela) from the highlands of Colombia, with comments on the evolution and distribution of South American weasels. Journal of Mammalogy 59(1):92-102.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1379878

Original name as described

Mustela felipei

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:70999

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=1c568981-fa63-483e-9c65-e9a56a21b7fe

Type locality

Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador

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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005865

Country distribution map

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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.

Mustela felipei

(Izor & de la Torre, 1978)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

felipei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:70999

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=1c568981-fa63-483e-9c65-e9a56a21b7fe

Authority page

92

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Wozencraft (1993:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  5. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Neogale felipei

B. D. Patterson, Ramírez-Chaves, J. F. Vilela, Soares, & Grewe, 2021

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

felipei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Journal of Animal Diversity

Name usages

  1. Patterson, Ramírez-Chaves, Vilela, Soares & Grewe (2021:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58334)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14026/45201088) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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