Bruce D. Patterson - Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago IL ۶۰۶۰۵, USA
Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves - Department of Biological Sciences, University of Caldas, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
Júlio F. Vilela - Núcleo de História Natural da UFPI, Campus Amílcar Ferreira Sobral, Universidade Federal do Piauí – UFPI BR۳۴۳, Km ۳,۵ - Bairro Meladão, ۶۴۸۰۸-۶۰۵, Floriano, PI, Brazil ۴
André Elias Rodrigues Soares - Department of Organismal Biology, Human Evolution, Evolutionsbiologiskt Centrum EBC, Norbyvägen۱۸ A, Uppsala Universitet, ۷۵۲ ۳۶, Uppsala, Sweden
Felix Grewe - Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago IL ۶۰۶۰۵, USA

A brief review of the phylogeny and nomenclature of the weasels, genus Mustela Linnaeus, ۱۷۵۸ in the broad sense, indicates continuing confusion over the appropriate name for the well-supported American clade included within it. A case is made that the American mink (Neovison vison) and three allied species (Mustela frenata, M. felipei, and M. africana) should now be recognized in the genus Neogale Gray, ۱۸۶۵. The ages and morphological disparities of both Neogale and Mustela sensu stricto indicate that both are in need of comprehensive revisions.

Classification, Mammalia, phylogeny, synonymy, taxonomy