Mustelinae


Mustelinae is a subfamily of family Mustelidae, which includes weasels, ferrets and minks.
It was formerly defined in a paraphyletic manner to also include wolverines, martens, and many other mustelids, to the exclusion of the otters.
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Extant species of Mustelinae

Subfamily Mustelinae
ImageGenusLiving species
Mustela Linnaeus, 1758
  • Amazon weasel, Mustela africana
  • Mountain weasel, Mustela altaica
  • Stoat or ermine, Mustela erminea
  • Steppe polecat, Mustela eversmannii
  • Colombian weasel, Mustela felipei
  • Long-tailed weasel, Mustela frenata
  • Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi
  • Yellow-bellied weasel, Mustela kathiah
  • European mink, Mustela lutreola
  • Indonesian mountain weasel, Mustela lutreolina
  • Black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes
  • Least weasel, Mustela nivalis
  • Malayan weasel, Mustela nudipes
  • European polecat, Mustela putorius
  • *Domesticated ferret, Mustela putorius furo
  • Siberian weasel, Mustela sibirica
  • Back-striped weasel, Mustela strigidorsa
  • Egyptian weasel, Mustela subpalmata
Neovison Baryshnikov & Abramov, 1997
  • American mink, Neovison vison
  • Sea mink, Neovison macrodon
    • Some of the fashion furs come from this subfamily: ermine, weasel, mink and polecat.