Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Parent taxon: Mustelidae according to A. Valenciano et al. 2015
See also Bjork 1970, Bryant 1968, Edwards 1976, Ginsburg 1977, Hendey 1974, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Muizon 1982
Sister taxa: Acheronictis, Ailurictis, Anatolictis, Arikarictis, Bathygale, Circamustela, Corumictis, Djourabus, Erokomellivora, Franconictis, Galictinae, Guloninae, Hadrictis, Helictidinae, Ictonychinae, Ictonychini, Kenyalutra, Leptarctinae, Luogale, Lutrina, Lutrinae, Marcetia, Martinae, Matanomictis, Melidellavus, Melinae, Mellalictis, Mephitina, Mesomephitis, Miomustela, Mustelavinae, Mustelina, Mustelinae, Mustellinae, Namibictis, Neovison, Oaxacagale, Oligobuninae, Palaeomeles, Paragale, Parataxidea, Plesictis, Plesiogale, Plesiomeles, Potamotheriinae, Prepoecilogale, Presictis, Promellivora, Pyctis, Sabadellictis, Sinictis, Sivalictis, Taxidiinae, Torolutra, Trochotherium, Viverrina, Watay, Xenictis
Subtaxa: Eomellivorini Hoplictis Mellivorini
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (5 collections), Morocco (3), South Africa (22), Sudan (2), Swaziland (1), Tanzania (1), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene of Morocco (1), Senegal (1), South Africa (3), Tanzania (2)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Texas)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Kenya (1), South Africa (2)
• Miocene of China (2), Germany (1), Greece (1), India (1), Italy (1), Kenya (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (2), United States (4: California, Florida, Washington)
Total: 63 collections including 65 occurrences