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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER CANIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Mustelidae
--> SUBFAMILY Mustelinae
--> GENUS Mustela
SPECIES Mustela africana
| Author: | Desmarest, 1818. | | Citation: | Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Nouv., ed. 9: 376. | | Common Name: | Amazon Weasel | | Type Locality: | "Africa", type locality is in error, fixed by Cabrera (1957) as "arrabales de Belem, la antigua Pará." [Brazil] | | Distribution: | Amazon Basin in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. | | Status: | IUCN – Data Deficient. | | Comments: | Youngman (1982) and Abramov (1999) placed africana in subgenus Grammogale. Izor and de la Torre (1978) suggested that africana and felipei form a monophyletic group. Cabrera (1957) considered Grammogale a valid genus. |
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