- rodents. The
common ancestor of
modern mustelids appeared about 18 Mya.
Within a
large range of variation, the
mustelids exhibit some
common characteristics...
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Members of the
Musteloidea family of carnivorans,
including weasels, ferrets, minks, otters, martens, skunks, raccoons, red
pandas and badgers,
often appear...
- shape, size, and behavior, most
mustelids are
smaller animals with
short legs, short,
round ears, and
thick fur.
Mustelids are
predominantly carnivorous...
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Mellivora is a
genus of
mustelids that
contains the
honey badger or
ratel (Mellivora capensis). It is also the sole
living representative of the subfamily...
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American tayra.
Mustelidae is one of the
oldest families in Carnivora;
early mustelids first appeared around 28–33
million years ago. The 23
genera and 62 extant...
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There are two
pairs of mammae, and an anal
pouch which,
unusual among mustelids, is eversible, a
trait shared with
hyenas and mongooses. The
honey badger...
- C. (2002). "The
genome phylogeny of
domestic cat, red
panda and five
Mustelid species revealed by
comparative chromosome painting and G-banding". Chromosome...
- Hog
badgers are
three species of
mustelid in the
genus Arctonyx. They
represent one of the two
genera in the
subfamily Melinae,
alongside the true badgers...
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finally a
single loud
scream with
their teeth bared. Like many
other mustelids,
greater grisons possess anal
scent glands that
secrete a
yellowish or...
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European pine
marten (Martes martes), also
known as the pine marten, is a
mustelid native to and
widespread in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the
Caucasus and...
