Neogale frenata
(H. Lichtenstein, 1831)
Long-tailed 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
Authority citation
Lichtenstein, H. 1831. Pls. 38–42. Pp. pl. 38–pl. 42 in Lichtenstein, H. 1834. Darstellung neuer oder wenig bekannter Säugethiere in Abbildungen und Beschreibungen von fünf und sechzig Arten auf funfzig colorirten Steindrucktafelln nach den Originalen des zoologischen Museums der Universität zu Berlin. C. G. Lüderitz, Berlin, not continuously paginated pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43374146Original name as described
Mustela frenata
Type material
ZMB 991
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Ciudad Mexico, Mexico.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
Canada · United States · Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia
Subregion distribution
USA(AL,AZ,AR,CA,CO,CT,DE,DC,FL,GA,ID,IL,IN,IA,KS,KY,LA,ME,MD,MA,MI,MN,MS,MO,MT,NE,NV,NH,NJ,NM,NY,NC,ND,OH,OK,OR,PA,RI,SC,SD,TN,TX,UT,VT,VA,WA,WV,WI,WY)
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
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