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Neogale  Gray, 1865
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1271745

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Neovison Baryshnikov and Abramov, 1997
  
    Grammogale Cabrera, 1940
  
    Cabreragale Baryshnikov and Abramov, 1997
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyMustelidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – mustelids  
                                        SubfamilyMustelinae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – minks, polecats, ermines, ferrets, weasels  
                                           GenusNeogale Gray, 1865  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SpeciesNeogale africana (Desmarest, 1818) – Amazon Weasel 
                                              SpeciesNeogale felipei (Izor and de la Torre, 1978) – Colombian Weasel 
                                              SpeciesNeogale frenata (Lichtenstein, 1831) – Long-tailed Weasel 
                                              SpeciesNeogale macrodon (Prentiss, 1903) – Sea Mink 
                                              SpeciesNeogale vison (Schreber, 1777) – American Mink 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Patterson, Bruce D., Héctor E. Ramírez Chaves, Júlio F. Vilela, André E. R. Soares, and Felix Grewe   
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: On the nomenclature of the American clade of weasels (Carnivora: Mustelidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Animal Diversity, vol. 3, no. 2   
  Page(s): 1-8   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2676-685X   
  Notes: doi: 10.29252/JAD.2021.3.2.1   
  Reference for: Neogale   
       

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