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

MUSTELIDAE (stoats, weasels, mink, polecats, ferrets, otters, badgers, martens) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Lutra lutra
Otter, European Otter, Eurasian Otter
Species 3 trophisms 4 references
Martes martes
Pine Marten
Species 1 trophisms 2 references
Meles meles
Badger, Eurasian Badger
Species 5 trophisms 1 references
Mustela
stoats, weasels, mink, polecats, ferrets
Genus 3 subtaxa 4 references
Neovison vison
American Mink
Species 5 trophisms 4 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for MUSTELIDAE (stoats, weasels, mink, polecats, ferrets, otters, badgers, martens)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to MUSTELIDAE (stoats, weasels, mink, polecats, ferrets, otters, badgers, martens):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 11 images of MUSTELIDAE (stoats, weasels, mink, polecats, ferrets, otters, badgers, martens)
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