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    The Mustelidae (/mʌˈstɛlɪdiː/; from Latin mustela, weasel) are a diverse family of carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens...
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    to the most recent taxonomic scheme proposing eight subfamilies within Mustelidae, polecats are classified as: Subfamily Ictonychinae Genus Ictonyx Striped...
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    are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine. Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which includes weasels, badgers, mink, and wolverines, among other...
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    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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    genus. They are members of the subfamily Melinae of the weasel family, Mustelidae. The genus Meles was erected by French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson...
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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...
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    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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    List of mustelids (category Mustelidae)
    Mustelidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes weasels, badgers, otters, ferrets, martens, minks, and wolverines, and many other...
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    Siberia (/saɪˈbɪəriə/ sy-BEER-ee-ə; Russian: Сибирь, romanized: Sibir', IPA: [sʲɪˈbʲirʲ] ) is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North...
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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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    to Melogale. 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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    panda (and its extinct kin). Mephitidae, the skunks and stink badgers. Mustelidae, the weasel (mustelid) family, including new- and old-world badgers, ferrets...
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    (Mustela furo) is a small, domesticated species belonging to the family Mustelidae. The ferret is most likely a domesticated form of the wild European polecat...
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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...
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    Guloninae is a subfamily of the mammal family Mustelidae distributed across Eurasia and the Americas. It includes martens and the fisher, tayra and wolverine...
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    Ailuridae Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) Mephitidae (skunks) Procyonidae Mustelidae see below↓...
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    caurina) is a species of North American mammal, a member of the family Mustelidae. It is found throughout western North America. The species was formerly...
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    kwiihkwahaacheew), is the largest land-dwelling member of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscular carnivore and a solitary animal. The wolverine has a...
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    bears Family Procyonidae Bonaparte, 1850 – raccoons and pandas Family Mustelidae G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 – skunks, badgers, otters, and weasels Superfamily...
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    Ictonychinae is a subfamily of the mammal family Mustelidae found mainly in the Neotropics (three species) and Africa (three species), with one Eurasian...
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    honey badger. 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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    carnivorous mammals of the genera Neogale and Mustela and part of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, otters, and ferrets. There are two extant...
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    rare and relatively unknown South American mammal of the weasel family (Mustelidae). The scientific name means "feline otter", and in Spanish, the marine...
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  • The honey badger is a small mammal in the Mustelidae family. Honey Badger or honey badger may also refer to: Honey Badger (Glee) or Terri Schuester, a...
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    Ailuridae Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) Mephitidae (skunks) Procyonidae Mustelidae see below↓...
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    JSTOR 1382567. Baryshnikov, G. F. (2015). Late pleistocene Ursidae and Mustelidae remains (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Geographical Society Cave in the Russian...
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  • Oaxacagale is an extinct weasel genus of Mustelidae that lived in the Eocene in North America. It is thought to have resembled the extant Mustela frenata...
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