Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 48861
Synonyms: Mustela rixosa Bangs 1896 (no. 48867), Putorius rixosus Bangs 1896 (no. 51276)
Belongs to Mustela according to G. F. Baryshnikov 2009
Sister taxa: Mustela (Lutreola), Mustela (Putorius), Mustela altaica, Mustela buwaldi, Mustela erminea, Mustela eversmannii, Mustela frenata, Mustela furo, Mustela itatsi, Mustela jacksoni, Mustela meltoni, Mustela nigripes, Mustela nudipes, Mustela ogygia, Mustela palaeattica, Mustela palermina, Mustela praenivalis, Mustela putorius, Mustela rexroadensis, Mustela sibirica, Mustela spelaea, Mustela strigidorsa
Subtaxa: Mustela nivalis kudarensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Average measurements (in mm): p2 1.01 x 0.62, p3 1.32 x 0.75, p4 1.76 x 0.87, m1 3.43 x 1.19, femur length 19.2, humerus length 19.1, radius length 13.3, tibia length 20.7
Estimated body mass: 38.3 g based on femur length, humerus length, and tibia length