Vormela

Vormela; Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
	Marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	Ictonychinae
Genus:	Vormela; Blasius, 1884
Species
	Vormela peregusna; †Vormela petenyii; †Vormela prisca?;

Vormela is a genus of mustelid which contains the marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna), and at least one extinct species.

The oldest record of the genus dates to the Villafranchian of Bulgaria, where fossils of Vormela petenyii have been found. This species is considered the ancestor of the marbled polecat. It is also considered synonymous with the species Pliovormela beremendensis. Another possible species known as Vormela prisca has been identified in China.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Spassov, N. (2001). "(Carnivora, Mustelidae, Ictonychini) from the Villafranchian of Bulgaria with a description of a new species of Baranogale Kormos, 1934". Geodiversitas. 23 (1): 87–104.
^ Gorsuch, W.A.; Lariviere, S. (2005). "Vormela peregusna". American Society of Mammalogists: 1–5.

[1] Spassov, N. (2001). "(Carnivora, Mustelidae, Ictonychini) from the Villafranchian of Bulgaria with a description of a new species of Baranogale Kormos, 1934". Geodiversitas. 23 (1): 87–104.

[2] Gorsuch, W.A.; Lariviere, S. (2005). "Vormela peregusna". American Society of Mammalogists: 1–5.

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