On the correct name for some subfamilies of Mustelidae (Mammalia, Carnivora)

Nascimento, Fábio Oliveira do

doi:10.1590/0031-1049.2014.54.21

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“…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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Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru Part 2: Xenarthra, Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla, and Sirenia

Voss

Fleck

2017

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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Section: Mustelidaementioning

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Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru Part 2: Xenarthra, Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla, and Sirenia

Voss

Fleck

2017

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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“…The Mustelidae family has a worldwide distribution and represents the most diverse group of carnivores, with over 60 species of small- to medium-sized animals, with an elongated, slender body and short extremities ( Nascimento, 2014 ; Akdesir et al ., 2018 ). The European polecat’s preferred habitat type is variable and includes riparian vegetation, watercourses, grasslands, pastures, human settlements, woodlands, agricultural lands, and in some cases pine forests ( Birks & Kitchener 1999 ; Virgós, 2003 ; Baghli et al ., 2005; Mestre et al ., 2007 ).…”

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Trichinella spp. infection in European polecats (Mustela putorius Linnaeus, 1758) from Romania

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Summary The European polecat (Mustela putorius Linnaeus, 1758) is in decline in Romania, often living near human settlements, from mountains to lowlands. They feed on a wide variety of small animals, including rodents, such as mice or rats. The occurrence of this parasite in polecats from Romania was mentioned only once in 1991, but the parasite species was not confirmed by molecular biology. The study aimed to investigate the occurrence of Trichinella spp. in European polecats from Romania and to identify the parasite species by molecular tools. A total of 75 wild European polecats were examined by trichinoscopy and artificial digestion. A large number of animals were examined because of their wide distribution in Romanian territory and their presence near human settlements. For species determination, the positive muscle samples and the larvae recovered from artificial digestion were collected for DNA isolation and further processed by means of Multiplex PCR. Only two polecats from southern Romania tested positive for Trichinella spp. infection. During trichinoscopy examination, 48 (in a polecat from Giurgiu County) and 78 (in a polecat from Ialomița County) cysts were found in the tested (56 samples/animal) tissue samples. Artificial digestion revealed infection with 2466 larvae/100 g of muscle in the polecat from Ialomița and 254/100 g in the polecat from Giurgiu. The Multiplex PCR indicated the occurrence of Trichinella spiralis in the polecat from Giurgiu and a co-infection with T. spiralis and T. britovi in the polecat from Ialomița. The current study confirms through molecular biology, the occurrence of T. spiralis and T. britovi, as well as the occurrence of co-infection with these two Trichinella species in European polecats from Romania.

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“…The genus Martes , which belongs to the subfamily Guloninae, includes six species that are related to species in the genera Charronia , Eira , Gulo and Pekania based on recent molecular phylogenetic analyses (Koepfli et al., ; Nascimento, ; Sato et al., ). This genus is distributed throughout North America, Europe and Asia (Harrison, Fuller, & Proulx, ; Nowak, ; Wozencraft, ).…”

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Genetic analysis of Turkish martens: Do two species of the genus Martes occur in Anatolia?

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Stone marten (Martes foina) and European pine marten (M. martes) occur in western Eurasia. Current distributions of martens within Turkey and phylogenetic relationships among the Turkish and other populations of the two species within Eurasia remain relatively unknown. In this study, we aimed to determine genetic diversity within Martes populations inhabiting Turkey and to reveal the phylogenetic relationships among the Turkish and conspecific populations of the two marten species, using mitochondrial cytochrome b (CytB) sequences. Twenty‐four (24) haplotypes were identified among 86 marten samples collected across Turkey, including 23 novel haplotypes. Genetic distances among the Turkish haplotypes ranged from 0.1% to 0.8%, with an average of 0.3%. The 24 Turkish haplotypes were analysed together with those of conspecific populations deposited in GenBank. Phylogenetic (Bayesian Inference, maximum likelihood, neighbor‐joining) and network analyses revealed that all of the Turkish samples belonged to M. foina and that samples of M. martes were not encountered. Haplotypes of M. foina were divided into five haplogroups. The haplogroup including the two Chinese samples differed markedly from other the haplogroups. The remaining haplogroups contained samples from both the Turkish and European populations. We found that there was a genetically close relationship between the Turkish and the European stone marten populations. As a result of this study, M. martes may not be distributed in the Anatolian part of Turkey, possibly due to a barrier effect of two straits (Dardanelles and Bosporus) and the Caucasus Mountains. On the other hand, M. foina is distributed in both the Anatolian and Thracian parts of Turkey. Our results suggest that Turkey was likely one of the refuges for M. foina during Pleistocene glacial periods and is one of the centres of distribution of stone marten for Europe and the surrounding regions.

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On the correct name for some subfamilies of Mustelidae (Mammalia, Carnivora)

Abstract: Mustelids (Mustelidae) exhibit a wide morphological and ecological diversity, ranging from aquatic to semi arboreal and fossorial forms. It is the most diversity family in

Cited by 12 publications

References 21 publications

Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru Part 2: Xenarthra, Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla, and Sirenia

Mammalian Diversity and Matses Ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru Part 2: Xenarthra, Carnivora, Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla, and Sirenia

Trichinella spp. infection in European polecats (Mustela putorius Linnaeus, 1758) from Romania

Genetic analysis of Turkish martens: Do two species of the genus Martes occur in Anatolia?

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