Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora - (Family) Mustelidae

Subsequent positions

Mustelinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788

Current position

Mustelinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788

Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 619.

Alternative positions

Melinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1042.
Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 107.
Taxidiinae (Subfamily) Pocock, 1920	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 325.

Historical positions

Mustelinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 619.
Mustelinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 267.
Taxidiinae (Subfamily) Pocock, 1920	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 325.
Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 107.
Melinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1042.
Mustelidae (Family) Batsch, 1788	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s;5ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 11 Dec 2014	[1s;5ss]
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 620	[1s;5ss]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[1s]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	[1s]