Neogale frenata (carnivore)
Variant names: Mustela frenata

Mass: 144 g based on Gehring and Swihart 2000

Diet: carnivore based on Polderboer et al. 1941

Abundance: 0.01 to 2.08% (median 0.11%)

Latitudinal range: -6.4° to 46.6°

Habitats: (15), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (3), temperate coniferous forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2)

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Found in 21 samples

Ecuador: La Chimba (Holocene)

Mexico: Xalapa

Peru: Querocoto (dry season)

United States: Glenn Dale, Savannah River Site (U2), The Wilds, Zesch Cave (Late Pleistocene), Crystal Ball Cave (Late Pleistocene), Haystack Cave (upper levels) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Bat Cave (Late Pleistocene), Croley-Evans (Holocene), Scovill (Holocene), Prairie Creek (Zone D) (Late Pleistocene), Robinson Cave (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer B) (Holocene), Schulze Cave (layer C1) (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene), Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (logs, feature), Marmes Rockshelter (Harrison horizon) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Marmes Rockshelter (Marmes horizon) (Holocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass115 gN = 1Gehring and Swihart 2000
♀ body mass115 gN = 1Gehring and Swihart 2000
♀ body mass100 gN = 1Gehring and Swihart 2000
♀ body mass105 gN = 1Gehring and Swihart 2000
♀ body mass135 gN = 1Gehring and Swihart 2000
♀ body mass110 gN = 1Gehring and Swihart 2000
♀ body mass100 gN = 1Gehring and Swihart 2000
♂ body mass230 gN = 1Gehring and Swihart 2000
♂ body mass200 gN = 1Gehring and Swihart 2000
♂ body mass190 gN = 1Gehring and Swihart 2000
♂ body mass195 gN = 1Gehring and Swihart 2000
♂ body mass175 gN = 1Gehring and Swihart 2000
♂ body mass180 gN = 1Gehring and Swihart 2000

See also Neogale, Neogale africana, Neogale vison