What is Mustelid?
{{Automatic Taxobox | name = Mustelidae | image = WEASEL.JPG | image_caption = [[Long-tailed weasel]] | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|15|0}}<small>Early [[Miocene]] – Recent</small> | taxon = Mustelidae | authority = [[Johann Fischer von Waldheim|G. Fischer de Waldheim]], 1817 | type_genus = ''[[Weasel|Mustela]]'' | type_genus_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758 | subdivision_ranks = [[Family (biology)|Subfamilies]] | subdivision = [[Otter|Lutrinae]] (otters)<br /> [[Badger (animal)|Melinae]] (European badgers)<br /> [[Ratel|Mellivorinae]] (honey badgers)<br /> [[American badger|Taxidiinae]] (American badgers)<br /> [[Mustelinae]] (weasels, tayra, wolverines, martens, polecats)<br /> <br /> Note ambiguity about classification at the section [[#Systematics|Systematics]]. }} [[File:Otter in Southwold.jpg |thumb| European [[otter]]]] '''Mustelids''' are a family of [[carnivore|carnivorous]] [[mammal]]s. They are the [[Family (biology)|family]] '''Mustelidae''', in the [[Order (biology)|order]] [[Carnivora]]. They are the largest family of mammals. They are diverse, from [[weasel]]s who eat [[mouse|mice]] to [[wolverine]]s that can kill prey much larger than themselves. Mustelids live in many [[habitats]]: [[otter]]s for example, live mostly in the water, while one species of weasel lives in the [[Arctic]]. One kind of mustelid, the [[ferret]], has been tamed and used for hunting for a long time. These days it is mostly kept as a [[pet]]. Because the ferret looks a bit like a [[rat]] that has been stretched out in the middle, it is sometimes called a tube rat. These are other well-known animals from the mustelid family. {{wikispecies|Mustelidae}} {{commonscat|Mustelidae}} * [[Ferrets]] * [[Badger]]s * [[Ratel]]s (or [[Honey badger]]s) * [[Marten]]s * [[Mink]]s * [[Polecat]]s * [[Sable]]s * [[Stoat]]s * [[Otter]]s They can be thought of as two subfamilies, the [[Lutrinae]] (the [[otters]]), and the [[Mustelinae]] (the rest) [[Category:Mustelids| ]]