MUSTELIDAE Fischer, 1817
(stoats, weasels, mink, polecats, ferrets, otters, badgers, martens)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Martes martes
Pine Marten
Species 1 ident. refs
Meles meles
Badger, Eurasian Badger
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 		Species 4 images
Mustela
stoats, weasels, mink, polecats, ferrets
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 		Genus 3 subtaxa 7 images 4 ident. refs
Neovison vison
American Mink
Species 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyMUSTELIDAE (stoats, weasels, mink, polecats, ferrets, otters, badgers, martens)
SuborderCANIFORMIA (a suborder of terrestrial mammals)
OrderCARNIVORA (carnivores)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
The Vincent Wildlife Trust 2013 A guide to identifying the small mustelids of Britain and Ireland

MUSTELIDAE (stoats, weasels, mink, polecats, ferrets, otters, badgers, martens) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MUSTELIDAE (stoats, weasels, mink, polecats, ferrets, otters, badgers, martens)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for MUSTELIDAE (stoats, weasels, mink, polecats, ferrets, otters, badgers, martens)
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