MUSTELIDAE, Fischer, 1817

Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2009, Mustelidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 1 Carnivores, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 564-656 : 564

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5714044

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6362999

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scientific name

MUSTELIDAE
status

 

Family MUSTELIDAE View in CoL

(WEASELS AND RELATIVES)

• Small- to medium-sized mammals with long bodies and short limbs.

• 13-195 cm. View Figure

• Holarctic, Neotropical, African, and Oriental regions. View Figure

• Forests, grasslands, tundras and oceans, from the Arctic to the tropics.

• 22 genera, 57 species, at least 217 extant taxa.

• 7 species Endangered, 5 species Vulnerable; 1 species Extinct since 1600.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Mustelidae

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