Mustela richardsonii
Bonaparte, 1838
American Ermine
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
Authority citation
Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 2, p. 38, January 1838
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2296788Original name as described
Mustela Richardsonii
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1843.3.3.4
Type kind
lectotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e0c07960-5874-4370-a3ee-47de2455ebc8Type locality
C Canada.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
Greenland · United States · Canada
Subregion distribution
USA(AK,WA,OR,ID,MT,WY,ND,SD,CO,UT,NV,CA,NM,MN,IA,WI,MI,IL,IN,OH,MD,PA,VA,DE,NJ,NY,CT,RI,MA,VT,NH,ME)
Taxonomy notes
split from M. erminea
Taxonomy notes citation
Colella, J. P., Frederick, L. M., Talbot, S. L., & Cook, J. A. (2021). Extrinsically reinforced hybrid speciation within Holarctic ermine (Mustela spp.) produces an insular endemic. Diversity and Distributions, 00, 1-16.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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