Mustela

mustela Translingual thumb|Mustela putorius Etymology mul :bor la:mūstēla 1 1 Proper noun 1 f genus family Mustelidae weasels and close relatives Hypernyms genus ; Caniformia suborder suborder; Mustelidae family family; Mustelinae subfamily Hyponyms genus Mustela erminea species (stoat, Beringian ermine, Eurasian ermine, short-tailed weasel) type species; , Mustela aistoodonnivalis species (missing-toothed pygmy weasel), Mustela altaica species (mountain weasel), Mustela eversmannii species (steppe polecat), Mustela furo species (domestic ferret), Mustela haidarum species (Haida ermine), Mustela itatsi species (Japanese weasel), Mustela kathiah species (yellow-bellied weasel), Mustela lutreola species (European mink), Mustela lutreolina species (Indonesian mountain weasel), Mustela macrodon species, Mustela nigripes species (black-footed ferret), Mustela nivalis species (least weasel), Mustela nudipes species (Malayan weasel), Mustela putorius species (European polecat), Mustela rickardsonii species (American ermine), Mustela sibirica species (Siberian weasel), Mustela strigidorsa species (back-striped weasel) other currently accepted species Mustela africana species ( ⇒ Neogale africana species, Amazon weasel), Mustela felipei species ( ⇒ Neogale felipei species, Colombian weasel), Mustela frenata species ( ⇒ Neogale frenata species, long-tailed weasel), Mustela vison species ( ⇒ Neovison vison species ⇒ Neogale vison species, American mink) species now in genus Neogale genus References 1 1 1 mul Mustelids Latin Etymology From la mūstēla weasel. Pronunciation Mūstēla Proper noun Mūstēla<1> m a Roman en cognomen famously held by: Tamisius Mustela, a Roman retainer Declension Mūstēla<1> References la cognomina