Mustela strigidorsa

J. E. Gray, 1855

Back-striped Weasel

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

Gray, J.E. 1855-05-16. Observations on some rare Indian animals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853(259):190-192.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747342

Original name as described

Mustela strigodorsa

Other common names

Stripe-backed Weasel

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1853.8.16.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7036a2b-18ac-4fd5-abee-04ee336a01d7

Type locality

India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · India · Laos · Myanmar · Thailand · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005878

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 strigidorsa

Horsfield, 1855

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

strigidorsa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661018

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Horsfield (1857:398, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
  2. Murray (1866:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Jerdon (1867:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Wozencraft (1993:324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  8. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  9. Smith & Xie (2008:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14027/45201218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mustela strigodorsa

J. E. Gray, 1855

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

strigidorsa

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1853.8.16.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a7036a2b-18ac-4fd5-abee-04ee336a01d7

Authority page

191

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747342

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Gymnopus strigidorsus

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

strigidorsa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497050

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)
  2. Gray (1869:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8397016) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

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