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Taxon: Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 (mammal)
Classification by:

living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
               Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
                 Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                   Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
                     Suborder Caniformia Kretzoi, 1943
                       Superfamily Musteloidea Batsch, 1788 see Parvorder Musteloidea Kretzoi, 1929
                         Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 - weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters
                           1 Subfamily Mustelinae Batsch, 1788 - weasels
                           2 Subfamily Mellivorinae Gray, 1865
                           3 Subfamily Melinae Bonaparte, 1838 - badgers
                           4 Subfamily Mephitinae Bonaparte, 1845 - skunks see Family Mephitidae Bonaparte, 1845
                           5 Subfamily Lutrinae Bonaparte, 1838 - otters

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