Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
     Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 - weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters
       1 Subfamily Lutrinae Bonaparte, 1838 - otters
       2 Subfamily Melinae Bonaparte, 1838 - badgers
       3 Subfamily Mellivorinae Gray, 1865
       4 Subfamily Mephitinae Bonaparte, 1845 - skunks see Family Mephitidae Bonaparte, 1845
       5 Subfamily Mustelinae Batsch, 1788 - weasels
       6 Subfamily Taxidiinae Pocock, 1920 see Subfamily Mustelinae Batsch, 1788