Editing Long-tailed weasel (section)

== Taxonomy ==
The long-tailed weasel was originally described in the genus ''[[Mustela]]'' with the name ''Mustela frenata'' by [[Hinrich Lichtenstein]] in 1831.<ref name="GBIFspecies">[https://www.gbif.org/species/5218919 "Species | Accepted: ''Mustela frenata'' Lichtenstein, 1831"]. ''[[Global Biodiversity Information Facility]]''. Retrieved 19 May 2023.</ref><ref name="BCCDC8Mar2005">[https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/speciesSummary.do;jsessionid=KP1uqXJzwUMuSpn2y6koR5UZR9v_TMr_yjxOvs93TTN57I_DyJOk!-1584335418?id=14727 "BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary ''Mustela frenata'' Long-tailed Weasel"]. ''[[British Columbia Ministry of Environment]]''. 8 March 2005. Retrieved 19 May 2023.</ref> In 1993, the classification, ''Mustela frenata'', was accepted into the second edition of the ''[[Mammal Species of the World|Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference]]'', which was published by the ''[[Smithsonian Institution Press]]''.<ref name="BCCDC8Mar2005"/> The species, with classification and name ''Mustela frenata'', was accepted into the [[Global Biodiversity Information Facility]].<ref name="GBIFspecies"/> Later, in a study published in 2021 in the ''Journal of Animal Diversity'', Bruce Patterson ''et al.'' reclassified the long-tailed weasel into the genus ''[[Neogale]]'' along with two other former ''Mustela'' species, as well as the two species formerly classified in ''[[Neovison]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Patterson|first1=Bruce D.|last2=Ramírez-Chaves|first2=Héctor E.|last3=Vilela|first3=Júlio F.|last4=Soares|first4=André E. R.|last5=Grewe|first5=Felix|year=2021|title=On the nomenclature of the American clade of weasels (Carnivora: Mustelidae)|journal=Journal of Animal Diversity|volume=3|issue=2|pages=1–8 |doi=10.52547/JAD.2021.3.2.1 |s2cid=236299740 |issn=2676-685X|doi-access=free}}</ref>