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Genuine Mustelids

Serving to promote a more accurate representation of mustelids in media.

Genuine Mustelids

  • Introduction
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    • What Are the Issues?
  • Family of Mustelids
        • What Are Mustelids?An introduction to the family
        • Badgers
        • Ferret-Badgers
        • Fisher
        • Grisons
        • Martens
        • Otters
        • Tayra
        • WeaselsIncludes polecats, minks, and the ferret
        • Wolverine
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      • Weasel Stereotypes in Media
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Family of Mustelids

• What Are Mustelids?
An introduction to the family

• Badgers

• Ferret-Badgers

• Fisher

• Grisons

• Martens

• Otters

• Tayra

• Weasels (Includes polecats, the European mink, North American mink, and ferret.)

• Wolverine

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Less mainstream factsUsually in England and New Zealand, “weasel” is a generic common name used to refer to the least weasel (Mustela nivalis), while in North America the term often applies to any of the four small native Mustela and Neogale species. Given the dominance of Western media, this has led many people to assume that there is only one or a few species of weasels in existence, or that these species are somehow more “weasel-like” compared to others within the subfamily Mustelinae. In truth, the current scientific consensus is that there are approximately 20 distinct species and 150 subspecies of weasels in the world—many of which have their own unique features, size, and range, including abilities and vulnerabilities in relation to their respective environments.

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