Mustela putorius

Linnaeus, 1758

European Polecat

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
Found in the wild
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 Putorius

Type locality

Sweden.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Morocco · United Kingdom · Portugal · Spain · France · Belgium · Netherlands · Luxembourg · Germany · Denmark · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Montenegro · Serbia · Kosovo · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Turkey · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia

Taxonomy notes

wild form of M. furo

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005876

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.

Putorius putorius aureolus

(Barrett-Hamilton, 1904)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

aureola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.3.12.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/209cf806-2586-4de8-888a-84989453339c

Authority page

389

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619128

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Putorius putorius manium

(Barrett-Hamilton, 1904)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

manium

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.8.4.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3bf34898-13dd-40d6-83d7-b4c88e0ad482

Authority page

390

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619129

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mustela putorius rothschildi

Pocock, 1932

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

rothschildi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.5.23.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cf469025-534b-4dc4-9bdb-10ae1cba0b0b

Authority page

103

Authority publication

Scottish Naturalist

Name usages

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

Putorius putorius anglius

(Pocock, 1936)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

anglia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1930.6.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a9b642a6-7166-42de-9790-8d649e59e29d

Authority page

694

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Putorius putorius for. piriformis

(Kostroň, 1948)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

piriformis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

varietyorform

Type

Brno (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

82, 90

Authority publication

Acta Academiae Scientiarum Naturalium Moravo-Silesiacae

Putorius putorius caledoniae

(Tetley, 1939)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

caledoniae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMSc 1936-33-6

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

37

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Mustela (Putorius) putorius mosquensis

Heptner, 1966

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

mosquensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-13197

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-13197

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Putorius putorius

(C. F. Cuvier, 1842)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

putorius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Martes vison

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vison

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

189

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Putorius communis

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

communis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

69

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Loche (1858:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)

Mustella putorius

Crespon, 1844

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

putorius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795645

Authority publication

Nîmes

Name usages

Crespon (1844:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52795645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38970)

Mustela putorius anglia

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

anglia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Mustela putorius aureola

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

aureola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Mustela putorius caledoniae

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

caledoniae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Mustela putorius putorius

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

putorius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Mustela Putorius

Linnaeus, 1758

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

putorius

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 (1777:463, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Cuvier (1797:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  3. Daudin (1802:162, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  4. Fischer (1814:xi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  5. Illiger (1815:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  6. Lichtenstein (1823:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60405161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65818)
  7. Billberg (1827:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  8. Lesson (1827:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207612) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  9. Smith (1842:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  10. Blyth (1863:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534695) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  11. Coetzee (1971:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  12. Corbet & Hill (1980:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  13. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:262, 263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  14. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  15. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  16. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  17. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005876) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  20. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41658/45214384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mustela Iltis

P. Boddaert, 1785

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

iltis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230051

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

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

Viverra foetens

(Thunberg, 1798)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

foetens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Putorius vulgaris

(J. E. Gray, 1827)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Authority page

120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34790314

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Lesson (1842:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Fitzinger (1855:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  4. Loche (1858:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41949403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60564)
  5. True (1885:609, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  6. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  7. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela antiqua

H. von Meyer, 1832

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

antiqua

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

54

Authority publication

Frankfurt am Main

Putorius vulgaris fossilis spelaeus

(G. Fischer, 1834)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

spelaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

infrasubspecific

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou

Mustela putorius var. flavicans

de Sélys-Longchamps, 1839

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

flavicans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47312301

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Mustela putorius var. vison

de Sélys-Longchamps, 1839

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vison

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Mustela putorius

E. Blyth in Hodgson, 1842

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

putorius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

281 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000004

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Putorius foetidus

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

foetidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729685

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Putorius verus

(Simashko, 1851)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

357

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Putorius infectus

(Ogérien, 1863)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

infecta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

59

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Putorius putorius stantschinskii

(Melander, 1926)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

stantschinskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen der Universität Smolensk

Mustela putorius orientalis

Brauner, 1929

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

9

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Putorius putorius ognevi

(Kratochvíl, 1952)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ognevi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Sborn. Vysoke Skoly Zemed. Lesnecke, Brno

Name usages

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

Putorius putorius orientalis

(Polushina, 1955)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

6

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Putorius furo longicrus

(M. Kretzoi in Jánossy, 1986)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

longicrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

112

Authority publication

Budapest

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