Status: | Species: | Common Name: | Last Update: |
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Offline | Amblonyx cinereus | Oriental Small-Clawed Otter | ----- |
Offline | Aonyx capensis | African Clawless Otter | ----- |
Offline | Aonyx congicus | Congo Clawless Otter | ----- |
Offline | Arctonyx collaris | Hog Badger | ----- |
Offline | Conepatus chinga | Molina's Hog-Nosed Skunk | ----- |
Offline | Conepatus humboldtii | Humboldt's Hog-Nosed Skunk | ----- |
Offline | Conepatus leuconotus | Eastern Hog-Nosed Skunk | ----- |
Offline | Conepatus mesoleucus | Western Hog-Nosed Skunk | ----- |
Offline | Conepatus semistriatus | Striped Hog-Nosed Skunk | ----- |
Offline | Eira barbara | Tayra | ----- |
Offline | Enhydra lutris | Sea Otter | ----- |
Offline | Galictis cuja | Lesser Grison | ----- |
Offline | Galictis vittata | Greater Grison | ----- |
Offline | Gulo gulo | Wolverine | ----- |
Offline | Ictonyx libyca | Saharan Striped Polecat | ----- |
Offline | Ictonyx striatus | Striped Polecat | ----- |
Offline | Lontra canadensis | Northern River Otter | ----- |
Offline | Lontra felina | Marine Otter | ----- |
Offline | Lontra longicaudis | Neotropical River Otter | ----- |
Offline | Lontra provocax | Southern River Otter | ----- |
Offline | Lutra lutra | European Otter | ----- |
Offline | Lutra maculicollis | Spotted-Necked Otter | ----- |
Offline | Lutra sumatrana | Hairy-Nosed Otter | ----- |
Offline | Lutrogale perspicillata | Lutrogale Perspicillata | ----- |
Offline | Lyncodon patagonicus | Patagonian Weasel | ----- |
Offline | Martes americana | American Marten | ----- |
Offline | Martes flavigula | Yellow-Throated Marten | ----- |
Offline | Martes foina | Beech Marten | ----- |
Offline | Martes gwatkinsii | Nilgiri Marten | ----- |
Offline | Martes martes | European Pine Marten | ----- |
Offline | Martes melampus | Japanese Marten | ----- |
Offline | Martes pennanti | Fisher Marten | ----- |
Offline | Martes zibellina | Sable Marten | ----- |
Offline | Meles meles | Eurasian Badger | ----- |
Offline | Mellivora capensis | Honey Badger | ----- |
Offline | Melogale everetti | Everett's Ferret-Badger | ----- |
Offline | Melogale moschata | Chinese Ferret-Badger | ----- |
Offline | Melogale orientalis | Javan Ferret-Badger | ----- |
Offline | Melogale personata | Burmese Ferret-Badger | ----- |
Offline | Mephitis macroura | Hooded Skunk | ----- |
Offline | Mephitis mephitis | Striped Skunk | ----- |
Offline | Mustela africana | Tropical Weasel | ----- |
Offline | Mustela altaica | Mountain Weasel | ----- |
Offline | Mustela erminea | Ermine | ----- |
Offline | Mustela eversmannii | Steppe Polecat | ----- |
Offline | Mustela felipei | Colombian Weasel | ----- |
Offline | Mustela frenata | Long-Tailed Weasel | ----- |
Offline | Mustela kathiah | Yellow-Bellied Weasel | ----- |
Offline | Mustela lutreola | European Mink | ----- |
Offline | Mustela lutreolina | Indonesian Mountain Weasel | ----- |
Offline | Mustela nigripes | Black-Footed Ferret | ----- |
Offline | Mustela nivalis | Least Weasel | ----- |
Offline | Mustela nudipes | Malayan Weasel | ----- |
Offline | Mustela putorius | European Polecat | ----- |
Offline | Mustela sibirica | Siberian Weasel | ----- |
Offline | Mustela strigidorsa | Black-Striped Weasel | ----- |
Offline | Mustela vison | American Mink | ----- |
Offline | Mydaus javanensis | Sunda Stink Badger | ----- |
Offline | Mydaus marchei | Palawan Stink Badger | ----- |
Offline | Poecilogale albinucha | African Striped Weasel | ----- |
Offline | Pteronura brasiliensis | Giant Otter | ----- |
Offline | Spilogale putorius | Eastern Spotted Skunk | ----- |
Offline | Spilogale pygmaea | Pygmy Spotted Skunk | ----- |
Offline | Taxidea taxus | American Badger | ----- |
Offline | Vormela peregusna | Marbled Polecat | ----- |
The Family Mustelidae includes a diverse group of small to medium-sized carnivorous mammals such as weasels, otters, ferrets, badgers, martens, and wolverines. Mustelids are characterized by elongated bodies, short legs, sharp teeth, and strong jaws, making them effective hunters and scavengers. They are found worldwide, occupying a variety of habitats from forests and grasslands to aquatic environments. Many species are solitary and territorial, while some, like otters, show social behavior. Mustelids play important ecological roles as predators that control populations of small mammals and invertebrates, and several species have been domesticated or hunted for fur.