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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Synapsida (synapsids)
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Class Mammalia (mammals)
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Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
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Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
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Order Carnivora (carnivores)
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Suborder Caniformia (caniform carnivores)
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Family Mustelidae (badgers, otters, weasels, and relatives)-
Subfamily Mustelinae (martens, weasels, wolverines, and relatives)
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Genus Arctonyx (hog badger) -
Genus Eira (tayra)
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Genus Galictis (grisons) -
Genus Gulo (wolverines)
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Genus Ictonyx (striped polecats)
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Genus Lyncodon (Patagonian weasel)
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Genus Martes (martens)
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Genus Meles (Eurasian badger)
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Genus Mellivora (honey badger)
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Genus Melogale (ferret-badgers)
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Genus Mustela (ermines, ferrets, minks, and weasels)
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Genus Neovison (American minks)
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Genus Poecilogale (African striped weasel)
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Genus Taxidea (American badger)
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Genus Vormela (marbled polecat)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
