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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 wolverines. Procyonidae, the raccoons and raccoon-like procyonids, including coatimundis, kinkajous, olingos, olinguitos, ringtails and ...
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. A member of this family is called a mustelid; Mustelidae is the largest family in Carnivora, and its extant species are divided into eight subfamilies.
A family of four ferrets eats 250 prairie dogs in a year; this requires a stable population of prairie dogs from an area of some 500 acres (2.0 km 2). Animals of similar appearance [ edit ]
Short-tailed weasel. Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae Wolverine, Gulo gulo, alpine, coniferous forests, rare; North American river otter, Lontra canadensis, rivers ...
Some historians believe that ferrets bred for their pelts during the peak of the fur trade in the U.S. started being kept as pets because people liked their personalities so much, according to Miller.
Members of the Musteloidea family of carnivorans, including weasels, ferrets, minks, otters, martens, skunks, raccoons, red pandas, and badgers, often appear in works of fiction as named characters. Some may be anthropomorphic while others may be depicted as more realistic animals.
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Brookfield Zoo Chicago recently celebrated the arrival of four adorable meerkat pups, born on February 11.