Mustela eversmanii beringiae

Mustela eversmanii beringiae
Skull and jaw of a fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Mustela
Species:
M. eversmanii
Subspecies:
†M. e. beringiae
Trinomial name
†Mustela eversmanii beringiae
(Anderson, 1973)

Mustela eversmanii beringiae is a fossil subspecies of the steppe polecat. It was the largest subspecies of steppe polecat and was larger than the largest extant subspecies, the Baikal steppe polecat.[1] This polecat subspecies inhabited the unglaciated steppes of Beringia, and may have migrated southwards to give rise to the black-footed ferret.[2] It became extinct during the Late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions.

References

  1. ^ Seal, Ulysses S. (1989-01-01). Conservation Biology and the Black-footed Ferret. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-04123-1.
  2. ^ Jachowski, David S. (2014-03-28). Wild Again: The Struggle to Save the Black-Footed Ferret. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-95816-6.
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