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Mustelids
Mustelidae
The Mustelidae (from Latin mustela, weasel) are a family of carnivorous mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, martens, mink, and wolverines, among others. Mustelids are diverse and the largest family in the order Carnivora. The internal classification is still disputed, with rival proposals containing between two and eight subfamilies. One study, published in 2008, questions the long-accepted Mustelinae subfamily, and suggests that the Mustelidae consist of four major clades and three much smaller lineages.
8 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 69 known species
Otters
subfamilyLutrinae
Weasels
subfamilyMustelinae
Wolverines, Martens, and Tayras
subfamilyGuloninae
Eurasian and Hog Badgers
subfamilyMelinae
American Badgers
subfamilyTaxidiinae
Zorillas, Grisons, and Allies
subfamilyIctonychinae
Ratels
subfamilyMellivorinae
Ferret Badgers
subfamilyHelictidinae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41770.