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==Species== The following information is according to the [[Integrated Taxonomic Information System]] and [[American Society of Mammalogists|MammalDiversity]]. {| class="wikitable" |- !Subgenus ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- | rowspan="7" |''Mustela'' |[[File:Mountain Weasel (Mustela altaica).jpg|120px]] ||''Mustela altaica'' {{small|Pallas, 1811}} || [[Mountain weasel]] ||[[Northern Asia|Northern]] and [[South Asia|Southern Asia]] |- | ||''Mustela aistoodonnivalis'' {{small|Wu & Kao, 1991}} || [[Missing-toothed pygmy weasel]] || [[Shaanxi]] and [[Sichuan]], [[China]] |- |[[File:Mustela erminea upright2.jpg|120px]] ||''Mustela erminea'' {{small|Linnaeus, 1758}} || [[Stoat]], Beringian ermine, Eurasian ermine, or<br />short-tailed weasel || Europe and Northern Asia<br />Arctic [[Canada]] and [[Alaska]] (United States)<br />Southern Asia (non-native)<br />New Zealand (non-native) |- |[[File:Haida Ermine (Mustela haidarum).jpg|frameless|121x121px]] |''Mustela haidarum'' <small>Preble, 1898</small> |[[Haida ermine]] |[[Haida Gwaii]] ([[British Columbia]], Canada) and [[Alexander Archipelago]] (Alaska, United States) |- |[[File:Yellow bellied weasel, Shillong, India.jpg|120px]] ||''Mustela kathiah'' {{small|Hodgson, 1835}} || [[Yellow-bellied weasel]] || Southern Asia |- |[[File:Mustela_nivalis_-British_Wildlife_Centre-4.jpg|120px]] ||''Mustela nivalis'' {{small|Linnaeus, 1766}} || [[Least weasel]] || Europe, [[Barbary Coast|North Africa]] and Northern Asia <br />North America<br />Southern Asia (non-native)<br />New Zealand (non-native) |- |[[File:Ermine- Bacon Fiend (14083889879).jpg|frameless|124x124px]] |''Mustela richardsonii'' <small>Bonaparte, 1838</small> |[[American ermine]] |Most of North America south of Alaska and the Arctic Circle; eastern Nunavut and Baffin Island |- | rowspan="6" |''Lutreola'' |[[File:Mustela itatsi on tree.JPG|120px]] ||''Mustela itatsi'' {{small|Temminck, 1844}} || [[Japanese weasel]] ||Japan and formerly [[Sakhalin|Sakhalin Island]], Russia |- |[[File:Mink1.jpg|120px]] ||''Mustela lutreola'' {{small|(Linnaeus, 1761)}} || [[European mink]] || Europe |- | ||''Mustela lutreolina'' {{small|Robinson and Thomas, 1917}} || [[Indonesian mountain weasel]] || Southeastern Asia |- | ||''Mustela nudipes'' {{small|Desmarest, 1822}} || [[Malayan weasel]]|| Southeastern Asia |- |[[File:Siberian Weasel Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim India 14.05.2016.jpg|120px]] ||''Mustela sibirica'' {{small|Pallas, 1773}} || [[Siberian weasel]] || Europe and Northern Asia<br />Southern Asia |- |[[File:Mustela strigidorsa.gif|120px]] ||''Mustela strigidorsa'' {{small|Gray, 1855}} || [[Back-striped weasel]] || Southern Asia |- | rowspan="4" |''[[Putorius]]'' |[[File:Wild steppe polecat.jpg|120px]] ||''Mustela eversmanii'' {{small|(Lesson, 1827)}} || [[Steppe polecat]] || Southeast Europe and Northern Asia<br />Southern Asia |- |[[File:Ferret 2008.png|frameless|120x120px]] |''Mustela furo'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> |[[Ferret|Domestic ferret]] |Domestic Worldwide (domesticated); New Zealand (non-native) |- |[[File:Polecat in denmark.jpg|120px]] ||''Mustela putorius'' {{small|Linnaeus, 1758}} || [[European polecat]]|| Europe, [[Atlas Mountains|North Africa]] and Northern Asia |- |[[File:Mustela nigripes 2.jpg|120px]] ||''Mustela nigripes'' {{small|(Audubon and Bachman, 1851)}} ||[[Black-footed ferret]] || North America |} <sup>1</sup> Europe and Northern Asia division excludes China.
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