Mustelidae

Kingdom:  Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Subphylum:Vertebrata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Suborder:Fissipedia
Superfamily:Arctoidea
Family:Mustelidae

Subfamily
Genus
  • species -- Common Name

Lutrinae

Amblonyx
  • cinerea -- Oriental small-clawed otter
Aonyx
  • capensis -- African clawless otter
Enhydra
  • lutris -- Sea otter
Lontra
  • canadensis -- Northern river otter
  • provocax -- Southern river otter
  • longicaudis -- Long-tailed otter
  • felina -- Marine otter
Lutra
  • lutra -- Eurasian river otter
  • maculicollis -- Spot-necked otter
  • perspicillata -- Smooth Indian otter
  • platensis -- La Plata otter
  • sumatrana -- Hairy-nosed otter
Parsonyx
  • congica -- Congo clawless otter
  • microdon -- African small-clawed otter
  • philippsi -- Philipp's small-clawed otter
Pteronura
  • brasiliensis -- Giant otter


Mellinae

Arctonyx
  • collaris -- Hog badger
Meles
  • meles -- European badger
  • meles anakuma -- Japanese badger
Melogale
  • moschata -- Chinese ferret badger
  • orientalis -- Borean ferret badger
  • personata -- Indian ferret badger
Mydaus
  • javanensis -- Indonesian stink badger
Suillotaxus
  • marchei -- Palawan badger
Taxidea
  • taxus -- American badger


Mellivorinae

Mellivora
  • capensis -- Honey badger, Ratel


Mephitinae

Conepatus
  • humboldti -- Patagonian skunk
  • leuconotus -- Hog-nosed skunk
  • rex -- Andes skunk
  • semistriatus -- Amazonian skunk
Mephitis
  • macroura -- Hooded skunk
  • mephitis -- Striped skunk
Spilogale
  • putorius -- Spotted skunk


Mustelinae

Gulo
  • gulo -- Wolverine
Ictonyx
  • striatus -- Zorilla polecat, Striped polecat
Lyncodon
  • patagonicus -- Patagonian weasel
Martes
  • americana -- American marten
  • flavigula -- Yellow-throated marten
  • foina -- Beech marten, Stone marten
  • gibellina -- Sable
  • gwatkinai -- South Indian marten
  • martes -- Pine marten
  • melampus -- Japanese marten
  • pennanti -- Fisher
Mustela
  • africana -- Tropical weasel
  • altaica -- Altai weasel
  • erminea -- Ermine
  • erminea algerica -- North African weasel
  • eversmanni -- Turkestan polecat
  • kathiah -- Yellow-bellied weasel
  • lutreola -- European mink
  • nigripes -- Black-footed ferret
  • nivalis -- Common weasel
  • nivalis minuta -- Dwarf weasel
  • nivalis rixosa -- American least weasel
  • putorius -- European polecat
  • putorius furo -- Ferret
  • siberica -- Siberian weasel
  • strigidora -- Stripe-back weasel
  • vision -- American mink
Poecilictus
  • libyca -- North African banded weasel
Poecilogale
  • albinucha -- African striped weasel
Vormela
  • pereguana -- Marbled polecat