Hey, did you know.....

[rachel25]

Did you know that badgers are the biggest member of the weasel family. Yes, badgers are actually weasels. 

[MeadowR]

Well, they are part of the same family as weasels. All mustelidae! It seems a bit mean on the good badgers to be referred to as a weasel.

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

Well, they are part of the same family as weasels. All mustelidae! It seems a bit mean on the good badgers to be referred to as a weasel.

Vid ye care tae expand upon zat...?

WEASELS RULE!!!

[Jetthebinturong]

Did you know that badgers are the biggest member of the weasel family. Yes, badgers are actually weasels. 

Badgers are part of the family Mustilidae, they are, however, not themselves weasels nor are they the biggest member of the family, that title goes to wolverines

[The Skarzs]

Did you know that badgers are the biggest member of the weasel family. Yes, badgers are actually weasels. 

Badgers are part of the family Mustilidae, they are, however, not the weasels nor are they the biggest member of the family, that title goes to wolverines

I was going to say that.

Did you know that badgers are the biggest member of the weasel family. Yes, badgers are actually weasels. 

So. . . badgers are vermin?


Everything I know is a lie. . .

[Jetthebinturong]

Did you know that badgers are the biggest member of the weasel family. Yes, badgers are actually weasels. 

So. . . badgers are vermin?


Everything I know is a lie. . .

Mice and squirrels are also classified as vermin, as are shrews sometimes

[The Skarzs]

Odd that they only call enemies vermin in the books.

[Jetthebinturong]

Otters are also part of the family Mustilidae by the way

[The Skarzs]

I knew that.

BJ was rather selective with his sides, wasn't he?

[Jetthebinturong]

Si

All species in the family Mustilidae:

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Borneo Ferret-Badger

Burmese Ferret-Badger

Chinese Ferret-Badger

Javan Ferret-Badger

American Badger

Common Sand Badger

Amur Badger

Kazakh Badger

European (Redwall) Badger

Hog Badger

Honey Badger

Black Ratel

Japanese Badger

Saharan Striped Polecat

American Marten

Beech Marten

European Pine Marten

Fisher

Japanese Marten (Sorry for all the pictures but they're my favourite mustelid)










Sorry about that, back to your regularly scheduled mustelid appreciation thread
Newfoundland Pine Marten

Nilgiri Marten

Sable

Yellow-Throated Marten

Domestic Ferret

Back-Striped Weasel

Black-Footed Ferret

Colombian Weasel

Egyptian Weasel

European Mink

Welsh Polecat

Common Polecat

Indonesian Mountain Weasel

Japanese Weasel

Least Weasel

Long-Tailed Weasel

Malayan Weasel

American Mink

Little Black Mink

Mountain Weasel

Siberian Weasel

Steppe Polecat

Stoat

Ermine

Yellow-Bellied Weasel

Greater Grison

Lesser Grison

Marbled Polecat

Patagonian Weasel

Tayra

Wolverine

Marine Otter

Neotropical Otter

North American River Otter

Southern River Otter

African Clawless Otter

Cameroon Clawless Otter

European Otter

Giant Otter

Hairy-Nosed Otter

Oriental Small-Clawed Otter

Sea Otter

Smooth-Coated Otter

Spotted-Necked Otter

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My favourite mustelids are Japanese martens and Nilgiri martens followed by all polecats then all weasels. I love how weasels always look like they're smiling, it's cute

[MeadowR]

Blimey, there's even more creatures in the Mustilidae family than I'd realised!

[Jetthebinturong]

Mustilidae is my favourite animal family

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

Mine taae!

WEASELS RULE!!!

MUSTELIDS!!!

[The Skarzs]

*Fist bump*

[Tam and Martin]