Mustela putorius Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:46.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden, Uppsala .

DISTRIBUTION: Europe (excluding Ireland and most of Scandinavia), east to the Ural Mtns. (U.S. S. R.).

COMMENT: Probable ancestor of domestic ferret, [uro.; see Corbet, 1978:171; Corbet and Hill, 1980:96.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412004007011001.