[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
     Branch Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
       Division Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 see Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888
         Subdivision Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 see Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
           Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
             Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
               Superclass Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - tetrapods see Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
                 Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
                   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
                     Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                       Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
                         Suborder Fissipedia (Blumenbach, 1791) see Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821
                           Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 - weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters
                             Genus Enhydra Fleming, 1822 - sea otter
                             Genus Gulo Pallas, 1780 - wolverine
                             Genus Lutra Brisson, 1762 - river otters
                             Genus Martes Pinel, 1792 - martens, fisher, and sable
                             Genus Mephitis Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 - striped skunk and hooded skunk
                             Genus Mustela Linnaeus, 1758 - weasels, ermines, stoats, minks, ferrets, and polecats
                             Genus Spilogale Gray, 1865 - spotted skunks
                             Genus Taxidea Waterhouse, 1839 - American badger