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Mustelidae — Weasel Family

41 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Carnivora › Mustelidae

Meles canescens Blanford, 1875

Meles canescens, the Caucasian badger, is a badger species with distinct physical traits found across parts of western and central Asia and Mediterranean islands.

Eira barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)

Eira barbara, the tayra, is a long, agile Neotropical mustelid with distinctive physical traits, habitat preferences, and reproductive behavior.

Martes flavigula (Boddaert, 1785)

Martes flavigula, the yellow-throated marten, is a large Asian mustelid with distinct colored fur and specific behavior and reproduction.

Martes melampus (Wagner, 1840)

Martes melampus, the Japanese marten, is a small Japanese mustelid that plays an important role in northern seed dispersal.

Martes zibellina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Martes zibellina, the sable, is a marten species prized for its luxurious fur, native to forests across northern and eastern Asia.

Martes martes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Martes martes, the European pine marten, is an arboreal territorial mustelid that controls invasive grey squirrel populations in Ireland.

Martes americana (Turton, 1806)

The American marten is a small North American weasel, an opportunistic predator that may act as a long-distance seed disperser.

Martes foina (Erxleben, 1777)

Martes foina, the beech marten, is a mustelid widespread across Europe and Central Asia, hunted for its lower-value fur.

Martes caurina (Merriam, 1890)

The Pacific marten is a North American mustelid with a fragmented range in western North America that lives in forests.

Gulo gulo (Linnaeus, 1758)

This is a full description of the wolverine (Gulo gulo), covering its physical traits, distribution, and reproductive behavior.

Pekania pennanti (Erxleben, 1777)

Pekania pennanti (fishers) are North American forest mustelids with detailed documented physical traits, range, behavior, and threats.

Ictonyx striatus (Perry, 1810)

Ictonyx striatus, the striped polecat, is an aposematically coloured mustelid endemic to most of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Galictis cuja (Molina, 1782)

Galictis cuja, the lesser grison, is a small mustelid native to most of southern South America with four recognized subspecies.

Galictis vittata (Schreber, 1776)

Galictis vittata, the greater grison, is a small mustelid native to the Americas, with recognized living and fossil subspecies.

Mellivora capensis (Schreber, 1776)

This is a full physical, distributional, behavioral, and reproductive description of the honey badger, Mellivora capensis.

Melogale moschata (Gray, 1831)

Melogale moschata, the Chinese ferret-badger, is a small mustelid native to East and Southeast Asia with specific documented behavioral and reproductive traits.

Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777)

Taxidea taxus, the American badger, is a fossorial North American badger species with specific physical, habitat, and life history traits.

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