Order Carnivora Author W. Christopher Wozencraft text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 279 348 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7359191 1-56098-217-9 7359191 Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761) . Fauna Suecica, 2nd ed., p. 5 . TYPE LOCALITY: "Finlandiae aquolis", restricted by Matschie (1912) to "Südwest-Finnland." DISTRIBUTION: NE Spain, France ; throughout Europe to the Irtysh and Ob Rivers ( Russia , Kazakhstan ). STATUS: IUCN - Vulnerable. SYNONYMS: alba de Sélys Longchamps, 1839 ; albica Matschie, 1912 ; alpinus Ogérien, 1863 ; armorica Matschie, 1912 ; biedermanni Matschie, 1912 ; binominata Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951 ; borealis Novikov, 1939 ; budina Matschie, 1912 ; caucasico Novikovi, 1939; cylipena Matschie, 1912 ; europeae Homeyer, 1879; fulva Kerr, 1792 ; glogeri Matschie, 1912 ; hungarica Ehik, 1932; minor Erxleben, 1977 ; novikovi Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951 ; taivana Thomas, 1913 ; transsylvanica Ehik, 1932; turovi Kuznetzov and Novikov, 1939 ; varino Matschie, 1912 ; wyborgensis Matschie, 1912 . COMMENTS: Youngman (1982) placed lutreola in subgenus Lutreola . Revised by Matschie (1912) , Novikov (1939) , and Youngman (1982 ; 1990 , Mammalian Species, 362). Occasional hybrids occur between lutreola and putorius ( Youngman, 1982 ) .