- The
Mustelidae (/mʌˈstɛlɪdiː/; from
Latin mustela, weasel) are a
diverse family of
carnivoran mammals,
including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens...
- to the most
recent taxonomic scheme proposing eight subfamilies within Mustelidae,
polecats are
classified as:
Subfamily Ictonychinae Genus Ictonyx Striped...
- are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine.
Lutrinae is a
branch of the
Mustelidae family,
which includes weasels, badgers, mink, and wolverines,
among other...
- the Mephitidae. They
resemble the better-known
members of the
family Mustelidae also
termed 'badgers' (which are
themselves a
polyphyletic group). There...
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Weasels /ˈwiːzəlz/ are
mammals of the
genus Mustela of the
family Mustelidae. The
genus Mustela includes the
least weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets,...
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Badgers are short-legged
omnivores in the
family Mustelidae (which also
includes the otters, wolverines, martens, minks, polecats, weasels, and ferrets)...
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deter predators.
Skunks were
formerly classified as a
subfamily of the
Mustelidae (the
weasel family); however, in the 1990s,
genetic evidence caused skunks...
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Mustelinae is a
subfamily of
family Mustelidae,
including weasels, ferrets, and minks. It was
formerly defined in a
paraphyletic manner to also include...
- Reiss. p. 34. Gray, J. E. (1865). "Revision of the
genera and
species of
Mustelidae contained in the
British Museum".
Proceedings of the
Zoological Society...
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mammal in the
genus Martes within the
subfamily Guloninae, in the
family Mustelidae. They have
bushy tails and
large paws with
partially retractile claws...
