Parent taxon: Musteloidea according to J. M. Robles et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Procyonidae, Pyctis, Semantoridae
Subtaxa: Acheronictis, Ailurictis, Anatolictis, Arikarictis, Brachyprotoma, Circamustela, Franconictis, Galictinae, Grisoninae, Hadrictis, Ictonychini, Ictonyx, Ischyrictis, Kinometaxia, Laphyctis, Leptarctinae, Luogale, Lutrina, Lutrinae, Marcetia, Matanomictis, Melidellavus, Melinae, Mellivora, Mellivorinae, Melogale, Mephitina, Mesomephitis, Miomephitis, Miomustela, Mustelavinae, Mustelina, Mustelinae, Mustellinae, Mydaus, Oligobuninae, Osmotherium, Palaeomeles, Paragale, Parataxidea, Perunium, Plesictis, Plesiogale, Plesiomeles, Poecilictis, Poecilogale, Potamotheriinae, Prepoecilogale, Presictis, Promellivora, Promephitis, Proputorius, Protarctos, Sabadellictis, Sinictis, Sivalictis, Taxidiinae, Taxodon, Tisisthenes, Trochotherium, Viverrina, Xenictis
Type: Mustela
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore