- rodents. The
common ancestor of
modern mustelids appeared about 18 Mya.
Within a
large range of variation, the
mustelids exhibit some
common characteristics...
-
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...
- shape, size, and behavior, most
mustelids are
smaller animals with
short legs, short,
round ears, and
thick fur.
Mustelids are
predominantly carnivorous...
-
Members of the
Musteloidea family of carnivorans,
including weasels, ferrets, minks, otters, martens, skunks, raccoons, red pandas, and badgers, often...
-
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...
-
language List of
domesticated animals "New
World Weasels –
Genuine Mustelids".
Genuine Mustelids.
Retrieved 5
November 2024. "Fur Industry". MSN Encarta. Archived...
- size as
their American counterparts. It is the
largest of
terrestrial mustelids; only the marine-dwelling sea otter, the
giant otter of the
Amazon basin...
-
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...
- erminea), also
known as the
Eurasian ermine or ermine, is a
species of
mustelid native to
Eurasia and the
northern regions of
North America.
Because of...
- herpestids, and mephitids),
Mustela (non-badger
mustelids),
Ursus (ursids,
large species of
mustelids, and procyonids). It was not
until 1821 that the...
