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Created: Mar 04, 2009
Updated: Nov 06, 2009
Membership: Open
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Mustelids and Viverrids
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Mustelids and Viverrids Weasels, minks, ermines, ferrets, wolverines, badgers, skunks, and otters are examples of mustelids. Mustelids are members of the carnivorous mammal family Mustelidae (about sixty-five species). Civets, genets, mongooses, and fossas are members of the family Viverridae (about seventy species). They biocontrol rodents but may hunt poultry. Civets have been raised or hunted for their musk. Mongooses have become introduced pests. Many have been hunted or raised for their fur. Otters have suffered from habitat destruction, water pollution, pesticides, as well as hunting. |  |
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Keywords family Mustelidae, weasels, stoats, polecats, ferrets, mink, marten, fishers, tayras, wolverines, grisons, badgers, skunks, otters, sea otters, largest Carnivora family, plantigrade or digitigrade, protection, conservation, habitat, animals, mammals, family Viverridae, civets, genets, mongooses, fossas, musk |
