NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Mustelinae
  Family - Mustelidae
  Suborder - Caniformia
  Order - Carnivora
  Infraclass - Eutheria
  Subclass - Theria
  Class - Mammalia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Mustela nivalis
      Species - Mustela erminea
      Species - Mustela frenata
      Species - Mustela nigripes
      Species - Mustela africana
      Species - Mustela altaica
      Species - Mustela felipei
      Species - Mustela kathiah
      Species - Mustela lutreola
      Species - Mustela lutreolina
      Species - Mustela nudipes
      Species - Mustela putorius
      Species - Mustela sibirica
      Species - Mustela strigidorsa
      Species - Mustela eversmanii
      Species - Mustela itatsi
      Species - Mustela subpalmata