Mustela nigripes Audubon and Bachman 1851 (black-footed ferret)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Belongs to Mustela according to E. M. Mead and J. I. Mead 1989

Sister taxa: Mustela (Lutreola), Mustela (Putorius), Mustela aistoodonnivalis, Mustela altaica, Mustela erminea, Mustela eversmanni, Mustela furo, Mustela haidarum, Mustela itatsi, Mustela jacksoni, Mustela kathiah, Mustela lutreola, Mustela meltoni, Mustela nivalis, Mustela nudipes, Mustela ogygia, Mustela pachygnatha, Mustela palaeattica, Mustela palermina, Mustela praenivalis, Mustela putorius, Mustela rexroadensis, Mustela richardsonii, Mustela sibirica, Mustela spelaea, Mustela strigidorsa

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (2: Alberta collections), Mexico (1), United States (9: Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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