Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 322-323

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scientific name	Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761)
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Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761) View in CoL . Fauna Suecica, 2nd ed., p. 5.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Finlandiae aquolis", restricted by Matschie (1912) to "Südwest-Finnland."

DISTRIBUTION: NE Spain, France; throughout Europe to the Irtysh and Ob Rivers ( Russia, Kazakhstan).

STATUS: IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: alba de Sélys Longchamps, 1839 ; albica Matschie, 1912; alpinus Ogérien, 1863 ; armorica Matschie, 1912; biedermanni Matschie, 1912 ; binominata Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; borealis Novikov, 1939 ; budina Matschie, 1912; caucasico Novikovi, 1939; cylipena Matschie, 1912; europeae Homeyer, 1879; fulva Kerr, 1792; glogeri Matschie, 1912; hungarica Ehik, 1932; minor Erxleben, 1977 ; novikovi Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; taivana Thomas, 1913 ; transsylvanica Ehik, 1932; turovi Kuznetzov and Novikov, 1939; varino Matschie, 1912; wyborgensis Matschie, 1912.

COMMENTS: Youngman (1982) placed lutreola in subgenus Lutreola . Revised by Matschie (1912), Novikov (1939), and Youngman (1982; 1990, Mammalian Species, 362). Occasional hybrids occur between lutreola and putorius ( Youngman, 1982) .