Mustelids are some of the most heartwarming creatures on the planet. Mustelidae contains 8 subfamilies and roughly 60 species including weasels, martens, otters, badgers and the wolverine. It is the largest family within the order Carnivora and is part of Musteloidea, a superfamily of weasels that also contains the red panda, raccoons and skunks. In this guide, we’ll explore each subfamily, where they’re located and the species found therein.

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00:42 Weasels, Ferrets, Mink... | Mustelinae
02:16 Otters | Lutrinae
03:44 Grisons, Polecats & Weasels | Ictonychinae
04:44 Wolverine, Martens... | Guloninae
05:55 Ferret badgers | Helictidinae
06:14 Badgers & Hog Badgers | Melinae
07:18 Honey Badger | Mellivorinae
08:05 American Badger | Taxidiinae
09:06 Racoons, Olingos, Coatis... | Procyonidae
10:32 Red Pandas | Ailuridae
11:20 Skunks | Mephitidae

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Sources & Further Reading
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Animal Diversity
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/...
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelo...
Encyclopedia Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/animal/mus...
Info relating to the cladograms
https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musteli...
Mustelid Genera & Relationship to Seals
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/...
Type specimens
https://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/blog...
The winter colour change of weasels
https://www.montananaturalist.org/blo...
Why do sea otters float on their backs?
https://oneworldoneocean.com/blog/blu...
Difference between the greater and lesser grison
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/G...
The wolverine and the largest mustelids
https://blog.nature.org/science/2019/...
Can wolverines kill moose?
https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm...
What do badgers eat?
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birdsandwil...
European Badger
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildli...
https://britishwildlifecentre.co.uk/p...
Hog badger range
https://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammal...
Honey Badger venom resistance
https://slate.com/technology/2015/06/...
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/anim...
American badger behaviour and characteristics
https://nhpbs.org/natureworks/america...
American badger life cycle
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.as...
The red panda
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species...
Red panda’s Nepali name
https://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzool...
Skunk facts!
https://wildlifeinformer.com/factsab...

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