Published January 31, 2009
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Mustelidae Fischer 1817
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Description
Family MUSTELIDAE
(WEASELS AND RELATIVES)
• Small- to medium-sized mammals with long bodies and short limbs.
• 13-195 cm.
• Holarctic, Neotropical, African, and Oriental regions.
• Forests, grasslands, tundras and oceans, from the Arctic to the tropics.
• 22 genera, 57 species, at least 217 extant taxa.
• 7 species Endangered, 5 species Vulnerable; 1 species Extinct since 1600.
Notes
Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2009, Mustelidae, pp. 564-656 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 1 Carnivores, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 564, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5714044
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Related works
- Has part
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.6362995 (DOI)
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.6362997 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.5714044 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB6FFACCA50FFBFCA653C08FF86FF9C (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Mustelidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Fischer
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Mustelidae Fischer, 1817 sec. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2009