Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Synonym: Grisoninae Pocock 1921
Parent taxon: Mustelidae according to M. Morlo et al. 2021
See also Bjork 1970, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Law et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Acheronictis, Ailurictis, Anatolictis, Arikarictis, Bathygale, Circamustela, Corumictis, Djourabus, Erokomellivora, Franconictis, Galictinae, Guloninae, Hadrictis, Helictidinae, Ictonychini, Kenyalutra, Leptarctinae, Luogale, Lutrina, Lutrinae, Marcetia, Martinae, Matanomictis, Melidellavus, Melinae, Mellalictis, Mellivorinae, 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: Brevimalictis Cernictis Eirictis Enhydrictis Galictis Ictonyx Lutravus Lyncodon Martellictis Negodiaetictis Pannonictis Poecilictis Poecilogale Sminthosinis Stipanicicia Trigonictis Trochictis Vormela
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (3 collections), China (3), France (2), Georgia (3), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Israel (2), Italy (5), Peru (1), Romania (1), South Africa (7), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: California, Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of United States (60: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Italy (4)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1), Ethiopia (1), France (1), Hungary (3), Italy (1), Moldova (1), Morocco (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Idaho)
• Hemphillian of United States (6: Arizona, California, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon)
• Miocene of France (5), Hungary (1), Kazakhstan (1), Turkey (1), United States (3: Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 132 collections including 135 occurrences