Mustela furo

Linnaeus, 1758

Domestic Ferret

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

Living
Domesticated
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/25033857

Original name as described

Mustela furo

Other common names

Ferret

Type locality

"Said to be from Africa."

Country distribution

Domesticated

Taxonomy notes

domestic form of M. putorius

Taxonomy notes citation

Gentry, A., Clutton-Brock, J., & Groves, C. P. (2004). The naming of wild animal species and their domestic derivatives. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(5), 645-651.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005867

Country distribution map

No distribution data available.

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.

Putorius furo

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

furo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Lesson (1842:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Mustella furo

Crespon, 1844

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

furo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795646

Authority publication

Nîmes

Name usages

Crespon (1844:42, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)

Putorius foetidus Var. 1. furo

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

furo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497041

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497041) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Mustela putorius furo

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

furo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

11

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Mustela furo

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

furo

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033857

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:465, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Daudin (1802:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  3. Fischer (1814:xi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  4. Lesson (1827:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  5. Smith (1842:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Mustela Furo-Putorius

Link, 1795

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

furoputorius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

83

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272959

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela Putorius albus

Bechstein, 1801

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

alba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

782

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258034

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Putorius foetidus Var. 2. subfuro

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

subfuro

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497041

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497041) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Putorius foetidus var. subrufo

(Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1966)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

subrufo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · varietyorform

Authority page

264

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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