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Taxon: Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 (mammal)
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Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Count: [*] 21o;132f;1061g;4316s; ‡1f;5g;38s
   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
  Count: [*] 9f;92g;237s; ‡1s
     Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 - weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters
    Count: [*] 23g;65s
       01 Genus Mustela Linnaeus, 1758 - weasels, ermines, stoats, minks, ferrets, and polecats
      Count: [*] 18s
       02 Genus Vormela Blasius, 1884 - marbled polecat
      Count: [*] 1s
       03 Genus Martes Pinel, 1792 - martens, fisher, and sable
      Count: [*] 7s
       04 Genus Eira Smith, 1842 - tayra
      Count: [*] 1s
       05 Genus Galictis Bell, 1826 - grisons
      Count: [*] 2s
       06 Genus Lyncodon Gervais, 1845 - Patagonian weasel
      Count: [*] 1s
       07 Genus Ictonyx Kaup, 1835 - zorilla
      Count: [*] 1s
       08 Genus Poecilictis Thomas & Hinton, 1920 - North African striped weasel see Genus Ictonyx Kaup, 1835
      Count: [*] 1s
       09 Genus Poecilogale Thomas, 1883 - African striped weasel
      Count: [*] 1s
       10 Genus Gulo Pallas, 1780 - wolverine
      Count: [*] 1s
       11 Genus Mellivora Storr, 1780 - honey badger
      Count: [*] 1s
       12 Genus Meles Brisson, 1762 - Old World badger
      Count: [*] 1s
       13 Genus Arctonyx Cuvier, 1825 - hog badger
      Count: [*] 1s
       14 Genus Mydaus Cuvier, 1821 - stink badgers
      Count: [*] 2s
       15 Genus Taxidea Waterhouse, 1839 - American badger
      Count: [*] 1s
       16 Genus Melogale Geoffroy, 1831 - ferret-badgers
      Count: [*] 3s
       17 Genus Mephitis Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795 - striped skunk and hooded skunk
      Count: [*] 2s
       18 Genus Spilogale Gray, 1865 - spotted skunks
      Count: [*] 2s
       19 Genus Conepatus Gray, 1837 - hog-nosed skunks
      Count: [*] 5s
       20 Genus Lutra Brisson, 1762 - river otters
      Count: [*] 8s
       21 Genus Pteronura Gray, 1837 - giant otter
      Count: [*] 1s
       22 Genus Aonyx Lesson, 1827 - clawless otters
      Count: [*] 3s
       23 Genus Enhydra Fleming, 1822 - sea otter
      Count: [*] 1s

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