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.