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Definition of Mustelidae
1. Noun. Weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Carnivora, Order Carnivora
Member holonyms: Mustelid, Musteline, Musteline Mammal, Genus Mustela, Mustela, Genus Poecilogale, Poecilogale, Genus Ictonyx, Ictonyx, Lutrinae, Subfamily Lutrinae, Genus Lutra, Lutra, Enhydra, Genus Enhydra, Mephitinae, Subfamily Mephitinae, Genus Mephitis, Mephitis, Conepatus, Genus Conepatus, Genus Spilogale, Spilogale, Melinae, Subfamily Melinae, Genus Taxidea, Taxidea, Genus Meles, Meles, Genus Mellivora, Mellivora, Genus Melogale, Melogale, Arctonyx, Genus Arctonyx, Genus Gulo, Gulo, Genus Grison, Genus Galictis, Genus Martes, Martes, Charronia, Genus Charronia, Eira, Genus Eira
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mustelidae
Literary usage of Mustelidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The White River Badlands by Cleophas Cisney O'Harra (1920)
"Mustelidae The Mustelidae of the present day include such animals as the badgers,
minks, martens, weasels, ermines, skunks, otters, and ratels- Fossil ..."
2. The Mammals of Colorado: An Account of the Several Species Found Within the by Edward Royal Warren (1910)
"Plantigrade to nearly digitigrade; tail never annulated; molars ^. Mustelidae, p.
b. Plantigrade or semi-plantigrade; tail moderate or long, ..."
3. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"... Family Mustelidae, Girard. The spiracles are very large; the orbits elongated;
the nictitating membrane ridge-like^ appearing as though a ..."
4. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"Six species of Mustelidae are found in Great Britain: (1) The Otter, ...
The Mustelidae are represented by otters, martens and a remarkable form, the Skunk, ..."
5. Rules and Regulations Under the Fur Products Labeling Act by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"Carnivora Mustelidae Carnivora Mustelidae Carnivora Mustelidae Mustela frenata
... Carnivora Mustelidae Carnivora Canidae Mustela altaica and Mustela rixosa ..."
6. Forty years in the medical profession, 1858-1898 by John Janvier Black (1900)
"Hovey says the skunk is of the North American mustelidae, and if this is true
the mustelidae, as well as the felidae and canidae, can communicate rabies, ..."
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