Mustelinae Explained

Mustelinae is a subfamily of family Mustelidae, including weasels, ferrets, and minks.[1] [2]

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It was formerly defined in a paraphyletic manner to also include wolverines, martens, and many other mustelids, to the exclusion of the otters (Lutrinae).[3]

Extant species of Mustelinae

Subfamily Mustelinae

Image Genus Living species
Mustela (weasels, ferrets, European mink and stoats)
Neogale (New World weasels and mink)
The sea mink (Neogale macrodon) is a recently extinct species from the 19th century that was native to the Maritime Provinces of Canada and New England in the United States.

Importance for humans

Some of the fashion furs come from this subfamily: ermine, weasel, mink and polecat.[4]

Ferret model of COVID-19

COVID-19 can infect both the European mink (Mustela lutreola) and the American mink (Neogale vison). Ferrets are used to study COVID-19.[5] Ferrets get some of the same symptoms as humans,[6] but they get less sick than farmed mink.[7] Ferrets are a fairly uncommon animal to use as a model, but mice were not an easy model of COVID-19 because mice lack the ACE2 gene.

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Notes and References

  1. Nascimento. F. O. do. On the correct name for some subfamilies of Mustelidae (Mammalia, Carnivora). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 54. 21. 2014. 307–313. 10.1590/0031-1049.2014.54.21. free.
  2. Law. C. J.. Slater. G. J.. Mehta. R. S.. 2018-01-01. Lineage Diversity and Size Disparity in Musteloidea: Testing Patterns of Adaptive Radiation Using Molecular and Fossil-Based Methods. Systematic Biology. 67. 1. 127–144. 10.1093/sysbio/syx047. 28472434. free.
  3. Koepfli KP . Multigene phylogeny of the Mustelidae: Resolving relationships, tempo and biogeographic history of a mammalian adaptive radiation . BMC Biol. . 6 . 4–5 . 2008 . 18275614 . 10.1186/1741-7007-6-10 . 2276185 . vanc. Deere KA . Slater GJ . 3 . Begg . Colleen . Begg . Keith . Grassman . Lon . Lucherini . Mauro . Veron . Geraldine . Wayne . Robert K . free .
  4. Web site: 4 December 2011. History of Fur in Fashion: Introduction.
  5. Muñoz-Fontela. César. Dowling. William E.. Funnell. Simon G. P.. Gsell. Pierre-S.. Riveros-Balta. A. Ximena. Albrecht. Randy A.. Andersen. Hanne. Baric. Ralph S.. Carroll. Miles W.. Cavaleri. Marco. Qin. Chuan. October 2020. Animal models for COVID-19. Nature. en. 586. 7830. 509–515. 10.1038/s41586-020-2787-6. 1476-4687. 8136862. 32967005. free. Duprex. William Paul Duprex. Júlia. Johan. Neyts. Adolfo. García-Sastre. Jasper F. W.. Chan. Trevor. Brasel. Martin. Beer. Vergara-Alert. Stanley. Chien-Te. Tseng. Hendrik Jan. Thibaut. Koert J.. Stittelaar. Michael. Schotsaert. Francisco J.. Salguero. Perlman. Reed. Rogers. Dohm. Crozier. Ian. Dallmeier. Kai. de Waal. Leon. de Wit. Emmie. Delang. Leen. Dan H.. Douglas S.. Barouch. Ana María. Henao-Restrepo. Seshadri S.. Vasan. Joaquim. Segalés. Chad J.. Roy. Juergen A.. Richt. Thomas F.. Estefanía. W. Paul. Haagmans. Klimstra. Suzanne J. F.. Kaptein. Sander. Herfst. Amy L.. Hartman. Geraldine A.. Hamilton. Bart L.. Kate. Knezevic. Guilfoyle. Lisa E.. Gralinski. Barney S.. Graham. Matthew B.. Frieman. Courtney L.. Finch. Darryl. Falzarano. William B.. Ivana. Rodríguez. Anita K.. Barry. Rockx. Joana. Rocha-Pereira. Angela L.. Rasmussen. Nadia. Oreshkova. Vincent. Munster. McElroy. Krause. Pauline. Maisonnasse. Wen-Chun. Erik. Mark G.. Lewis. Roger. Le Grand. Jens H.. Kuhn. Philip R.. Liu.
  6. Web site: Table 1 SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans and in animal models. 14 November 2020. en.
  7. Web site: Racaniello. Vincent. Despommier. Dickson. Dove. Alan. Condit. Rich. Barker. Brianne. Griffin. Daniel. Rosenfeld. Amy. TWiV 679: Mink, mutation, and myocytes This Week in Virology. 14 November 2020. TWiV.

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