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The Mustelidae (/ m ʌ ˈ s t ɛ l ɪ d iː /; from Latin mustela, weasel) are a diverse family of carnivorous mammals, including weasels, stoats, badgers, otters, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids ( / ˈ m ʌ s t ɪ l ɪ d z / [3] ), they form the largest family in the suborder Caniformia of the order Carnivora ...
- Mustelidae, G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
- Chordata
Six extant mustelid genera left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Martes, Meles, Lutra, Gulo, Mustela, and Mellivora. Mustelidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes weasels, badgers, otters, ferrets, martens, minks, and wolverines, and many other extant and extinct genera.
Common NameScientific Name And SubspeciesRangeSize And EcologyM. strigidorsa Gray, 1855Parts of southeast AsiaSize: 30–36 cm (12–14 in) long, plus ...M. nigripes ( Audubon, 1851)Three small areas in central United ...Size: 50–53 cm (20–21 in) long, plus ...M. subpalmata Hemprich, 1833Nile river delta in EgyptSize: 32–43 cm (13–17 in) long, plus 9–13 ...M. lutreola ( Linnaeus, 1761) Seven ...Scattered parts of west Asia and west ...Size: 35–43 cm (14–17 in) long, plus ...- Critically Endangered (0 species)
- Extinct in the wild (0 species)
- Endangered (7 species)
- Extinct (2 species)
Apr 12, 2024 · A mustelid is any of about 62 species of ferrets, polecats, badgers, martens, otters, the wolverine, and other members of the weasel family. Historically, skunks were also included in Mustelidae, but genetic analyses suggest that they belong to a separate family of their own (Mephitidae).
Musteloidea comprises the following families: Ailuridae, the red panda (and its extinct kin). Mephitidae, the skunks and stink badgers. Mustelidae, the weasel (mustelid) family, including new- and old-world badgers, ferrets and polecats, fishers, grisons and ratels, martens and sables, minks, river and sea otters, stoats and ermines, tayras and ...
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Mustelidae is a diverse family of the order Carnivora, whose extant members typically are characterized by large necks, small heads, short legs, feet with five digits with non-retractile claws, enlarged anal scent glands, the absence of the second upper molar, and the absence of the carnassial notch on the fourth upper premolar.
- Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Animalia
- Chordata
Jun 25, 2014 · Included in this family are the smallest living carnivore, the common or least weasel, and the largest representatives, the giant and sea otters in water and the wolverine on land. Mustelid body weights range from under 70 grams (g) (least weasel at 19 centimeters [cm] long) to 45 kg (sea otter at 190 cm long).
Jan 17, 2018 · Despite recent molecular data evidenced that skunks do not lie within the mustelid group (Sato et al. 2012 ), Mustelidae, bearing 56 species in 22 genera, are the largest and oldest family in the order Carnivora (Nyakatura and Bininda-Emonds 2012 ). The family originated in Eurasia in the middle-late Miocene and underwent a rapid evolution and ...
