Mustelidae, Fischer, 1817
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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/00030090-417.1.1 |
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Carolina |
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Mustelidae |
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Five mustelid species are definitely known to occur in the Yavarí-Ucayali interfluve, including three terrestrial species and two otters. The terrestrial species—tayra ( Eira barbara ), grison ( Galictis vittata ), and Amazonian weasel ( Mustela africana )—were formerly classified in the subfamily Mustelinae , but Mustelinae (sensu lato) is now known to be paraphyletic (Koepfli et al., 2008; Sato et al., 2012). In the alternative subfamilial classification suggested by Nascimento (2014), the tayra would be referred to the subfamily Guloninae , the grison to the subfamily Ictonychinae , and the Amazonian weasel to the subfamily Mustelinae (sensu stricto). Otters remain in their traditional subfamily, Lutrinae (below).
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