Musteloidea: A Super Family of Adorable Carnivores

[@robertpowell9982]

Always been a fan of Mustelids. The definition of what it means to be cute and deadly.

[@MajorMlgNoob]

Bears, Canines, and Felines are all pretty charismatic as well tbh

[@indyreno2933]

There are twenty-five extant families of carnivorans 1) Canidae (Dogs (contains 20 genera: Urocyon, Atelocynus, Speothos, Chrysocyon, Bassarilupus, Culpaeus, Lycalopex, Cerdocyon, Vulpes, Neocyon, Alopex, Nyctereutes, Fennecus, Otocyon, Lupulella, Lycaon, Flavocyon, Cuon, Prolupus, and Canis)) 2) Ursidae (Bears (contains 5 genera: Tremarctos, Melursus, Helarctos, Euarctos, and Ursus)) 3) Ailuropodidae (Giant Panda (contains 1 genus: Ailuropoda)) 4) Phocidae (Seals (contains 12 genera: Leptonychotes, Ommatophoca, Hydrurga, Lobodon, Neomonachus, Monachus, Pusa, Pagophilus, Histriophoca, Erignathus, Halichoerus, and Phoca)) 5) Cystophoridae (Hooded Seal and Elephant Seals (contains 2 genera: Mirounga and Cystophora)) 6) Otariidae (Sea Lions and Fur Seals (contains 9 genera: Callorhinus, Arctophoca, Cynophoca, Arctocephalus, Eumetopias, Zalophus, Neophoca, Phocarctos, and Otaria)) 7) Odobenidae (Walrus (contains 1 genus: Odobenus)) 8) Mephitidae (Skunks and Stink Badgers (contains 4 genera: Mydaus, Conepatus, Spilogale, and Mephitis)) 9) Procyonidae (Raccoons, Ringtail, and Cacomistle (contains 2 genera: Bassariscus and Procyon)) 10) Ailuridae (Red Panda (contains 1 genus: Ailurus)) 11) Nasuidae (Coatis, Olingos, Olinguito, and Kinkajou (contains 4 genera: Potos, Bassaricyon, Nasuella, and Nasua)) 12) Melidae (Badgers (contains 7 genera: Melogale, Bassaritaxus, Helictis, Mellivora, Taxidea, Arctonyx, and Meles)) 13) Mustelidae (Weasels, Ferrets, and Minks (contains 12 genera: Leucictis, Neogale, Neoputorius, Neovison, Ailurogale, Aciogale, Flavogale, Flavictis, Sciurogale, Mustela, Putorius, and Mesovison)) 14) Lutridae (Otters (contains 12 genera: Pteronura, Hydrictis, Lutrogale, Lutra, Afrolutra, Pilosorhinus, Amblonyx, Aonyx, Enhydra, Lontra, Neolontra, and Hydrogale)) 15) Ictonychidae (Zorillas, Muishund, Shulang, Huro, Grisons, Wolverine, Tayra, Martens, and Fisher (contains 10 genera: Pekania, Charronia, Martes, Eira, Gulo, Galictis, Lyncodon, Vormela, Poecilogale, and Ictonyx)) 16) Felidae (Cats (contains 20 genera: Herpailurus, Puma, Acinonyx, Panthera, Uncia, Jaguarius, Neofelis, Leptailurus, Caracal, Profelis, Pardofelis, Badia, Catopuma, Otocolobus, Lynx, Leopardus, Oncifelis, Oreailurus, Prionailurus, and Felis)) 17) Protelidae (Aardwolf (contains 1 genus: Proteles)) 18) Hyaenidae (Hyenas (contains 3 genera: Parahyaena, Crocuta, and Hyaena)) 19) Nandiniidae (African Palm Civet (contains 1 genus: Nandinia)) 20) Prionodontidae (Linsangs (contains 1 genus: Prionodon)) 21) Poianidae (Oyans (contains 1 genus: Poiana)) 22) Genettidae (Genets (contains 1 genus: Genetta)) 23) Viverridae (Civets (contains 12 genera: Civettictis, Viverricula, Viverra, Hemigalus, Chortogale, Dipogale, Macrogalidia, Cynogale, Arctogalidia, Arctictis, Paguma, and Paradoxurus)) 24) Herpestidae (Mongooses (contains 16 genera: Herpestes, Xenogale, Atilax, Ophiovora, Cynictis, Galerella, Paracynictis, Rhynchogale, Bdeogale, Ichneumia, Crossarchus, Suricata, Dologale, Helogale, Liberiictis, and Mungos)) 25) Eupleridae (Malagasy Carnivorans (contains 7 genera: Mungotictis, Galidictis, Salanoia, Galidia, Fossa, Cryptoprocta, and Eupleres)) There are also nine extant superfamilies: 1) Canoidea (Dogs and Fossil Relatives (contains 1 family: Canidae)) 2) Ursoidea (Bears and Giant Panda (contains 2 families: Ursidae and Ailuropodidae)) 3) Phocoidea (Seals, Hooded Seal, and Elephant Seals (contains 2 families: Phocidae and Cystophoridae)) 4) Otarioidea (Sea Lions, Fur Seals, and Walrus (contains 2 families: Otariidae and Odobenidae)) 5) Procyonoidea (Raccoons, Coatis, Skunks, and Relatives (contains 4 families: Mephitidae, Procyonidae, Ailuridae, and Nasuidae)) 6) Musteloidea (Weasels, Badgers, Otters, and Relatives (contains 4 families: Melidae, Mustelidae, Lutridae, and Ictonychidae)) 7) Feloidea (Cats and Fossil Relatives (contains 1 family: Felidae)) 8) Hyaenoidea (Hyenas and Aardwolf (contains 2 families: Protelidae and Hyaenidae)) 9) Viverroidea (Civets, Mongooses, and Relatives (contains 7 families: Nandiniidae, Prionodontidae, Poianidae, Genettidae, Viverridae, Herpestidae, and Eupleridae)) Here are the two major carnivoran groups (suborders): 1) Caniformia (Dog-Like Carnivorans (contains 15 families: Canidae, Ursidae, Ailuropodidae, Phocidae, Cystophoridae, Otariidae, Odobenidae, Mephitidae, Procyonidae, Ailuridae, Nasuidae, Melidae, Mustelidae, Lutridae, and Ictonychidae)) 2) Feliformia (Cat-Like Carnivorans (contains 10 families: Felidae, Protelidae, Hyaenidae, Nandiniidae, Prionodontidae, Poianidae, Genettidae, Viverridae, Herpestidae, and Eupleridae))

[@SquaretailDaddy]

And smelly

[@sashagarifova]

And playful as heck

[@mahaali9910]

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[@goatcat2737]

I feel the majority of mustelids fall into the vibe of "bear in miniature" or just "angry tube with legs and teeth" and I love them for that

[@bbtfan7957]

Mustelids are far more ferocious and carnivorous than bears.

[@karenritter2574]

Love this animal family, especially ferrets, otters, and weasels. Got a few ferrets as pets.

[@bastardferret869]

ferrets are the best

[@kevinward3088]

Ferrets & polecats are adorable

[@indyreno2933]

@Kevin Ward, ferrets and polecats are actually the same thing.

[@GaiaCarney]

My cottage was so cold one winter, my sable ferrets developed thick white neck ruffs😲

[@HunterWatson-m8m]

You wouldn't love them so much after they've murdered your whole flock of chickens and quail in one night

[@ThumbSipper]

To be clear, Wolverines very rarely hunt large mammals because of the risk involved in attacking a prey 5/10 times their weight. They are primarily scavengers, usually eating after wolves, bears or cougars although they are known to effectively drive the predators away by force on the occasion, bravado is a surprisingly effective weapon in nature (just ask anyone who ran away from an attacking goose 🤣). When they hunt the prefer small to medium sized mammals like rabbits, moles, rats, voles, beavers, badgers, young deers and bird eggs. Felt like clarifying this is important because a lot of people kind of assume Wolverines abitually challenge bisons and moose and that isn't true very often, only if an opportunity presents itself as it's usually too dangerous to hunt such monsters for a solitary animal. They are strong and brave little critters but they aren't made of steel, and they know it.

[@thelegend420]

LOVE your vids man. Love people like you that share their knowledge and interests. Keep up the great work ❤

[@Textbooktravel]

Thank you, David! Really glad you're enjoying them, I'm learning a lot as I make them too!

[@beachchaos1863]

Just wanted to say thank you for making these. As someone very into phylogeny it's amazing to learn more about animals :)

[@Textbooktravel]

Thank you so much! The phylogeny in this one was fascinating to me, especially the naming conventions, which was super easy to see with Musteloidea

[@beachchaos1863]

@@Textbooktravel The suffixes always confuse me lol -oidea -oidae -inae -idae -ini -ina Like damn😭

[@indyreno2933]

@Beach Chaos, not really, -oidea refers to superfamilies of animals, -idae refers to families of animals, -inae refers to subfamilies of animals, -ini refers to tribes of animals, and -ina refers to subtribes of animals.

[@Sssaaatttuuurrrnnn]

@@Textbooktravel Have you thought about remaking some of your earlier videos with this new visual style? Having the maps and branching trees makes it much easier to follow.

[@natashas1366]

Lovely video, very informative and engaging! The animal at 2:16 is actually a domestic ferret, black footed ferrets look a bit different. A lot of people get them confused

[@thedogman7846]

Could also be a european polecat as they look almost identical

[@thedogman7846]

I think he accidently swaped the pictures since the „polecat“ shown two pictures before looks more like a black footed ferret to me. :)

[@heroesytumbas]

Yeah, the people who don't have basic knowledge on the species get them confused, because they're pretty different. He also got the steppe polecat wrong and said stuff like wolverines trap ungulates in snow and yellow throated martens kill elk.

[@Andrea-rw9tf]

These are some of my favorite animals, almost all of them are cute and ferocious!

[@TheImapotato]

Same. Love martens & badgers but my favorite is the most pacifist ...the adorable red panda

[@skeksis98]

8:36 stopped me in my tracks, the loaf, the girth, absolute unit

[@6xlord907]

these are so well structured, thanks for the great work! the last picture always gets me. "wait a minute, that's not a mustelid, that's a pronghorn!"

[@demetrialowther727]

Having never really seen a picture of a live one, the Olingos and Kinkajous seem to have a striking convergent resemblance to Australia's possums, namely the Brushtail Possums. They both inhabit an arboreal niche and are a similar size, so there's going to be some similarity, but the face, eyes, paws and distinct fur texture are strikingly similar, yet they could hardly be more distantly related while still being mammals. Very obscure animals and I'm glad that they got a nice mention.

[@jasonpettit9942]

They do just shorter coated. Surprisingly no mention of quolls or native cats of Australia .

[@cobrakaineverdies6850]

Do those count as weasels thought

[@robertgotschall1246]

Excellent overview, thanks. Missed my favorite. The Miner's Cat or Ring-tailed Cat which, along with Raccoon and Badger, are not always associated with the Mojave.

[@kirstib3375]

WONDERFUL VIDEO!! Great footage and information. Thank you so much for doing such a thorough summary of these amazing family of animals. These creatures deserve so much more fans as they are mysterious, cute, diverse, silly, and best of all BADASS! It's so great to bring attention to some of the lesser known species like the grisons, ferret-badgers, and tayra. Tiny note: when you mention the black footed ferret in the end of the mustela segment at 2:15 you picture a Polecat/Domesticated ferret.

[@gravel9270]

Your channel has wonderful contents, good narration and amazing visuals. I hope your channel grows bigger.

[@Textbooktravel]

Thank you! Me too!!

[@carnivault]

i found this channel a few days ago, and have since watched every video. they are extremely well made and informative. your voice is also very easy to listen to and feels perfect for this type of content. amazing!

[@lukewestwest]

Yes, the RED PANDA! Probably the coolest animal I’ve ever seen in person (and i have literally stood a foot from a Snow Leopard), Red Panda’s make you wish they were domesticated animals you could buy from a local pet store lol.

[@kellydalstok8900]

Don’t give (your fellow?) Americans ideas. We don’t need more wild animals in cages.

[@randomkinkajou5747]

@@kellydalstok8900 I hate exotic pet people. So many servals and caracals are taken from the wild to satisfy people's needs to look cool when other cool and slender cats exist like benegal cats and abyssinian cats

[@jonathang1700]

@@randomkinkajou5747 Well in reality those people are not much worse than people who continue to participate in dog domestication. In fact in many ways the latter is worse since it is far more destructive and damaging to the selected species especially on a macro scale. The latter simply justifies their actions because they are conveniently providing a human "solution" to an entirely human created problem, which not coincidentally benefits the human. Yet still, merely for their own pleasure, humans deny these animals every freedom: the ability to choose their own packs, the freedom to hunt, the freedom to mate, the freedom to raise their own kin, the freedom to migrate, the freedom to establish new territories, the freedom to evolve naturally. They throw leashes on these animals (entirely unnatural) in fear of that animal going off on its own and see no irony in the practice.

[@chillpill1266]

@@jonathang1700 dogs are actually perfectly fine living with humans, they're domesticated, not in domestication. The process is done

[@Garvin285]

@@chillpill1266 why not domesticate red pandas?

[@ll4680]

Ive been waiting for an animal channel like this my whole life ❤️

[@ottiliaottilia]

Was hoping you would mention wolverine in some video! We have them here in Sweden but theyre sooooooooooooo rare to see. I have seen one once running across the road. They're litterally HUGE compared to what size they actually are. I think its the fur and big paws. Very cool animals.

[@ricoreyes6044]

That was the perfect level of detail for covering an entire animal family. Exactly the right format, pace, etc.

[@WildlifeWithEmily]

I just found your channel and love this video about Mustelids! I recently made a video about otters here in the UK, but there are so many more mustelids out there, it's great to see a summary of them :D Looking forward to your next video

[@benmcreynolds8581]

Martins are without a doubt my favorite species of animal In all the world. I absolutely love them. The sable, Fisher, etc. Just amazing creatures. I was assigned a common otter as my "spirit animal" but I definitely also feel very drawn to Martins.

[@harperwelch5147]

Fun stuff. Easy to understand and presented in a well organized way. Good narrator too!

[@Jay-ehn]

This is everything I want in an informational KZbin video. My favourite animals on one of my favourite channels. Thanks mate. :)

[@MrSomeone107]

Id love to see a video on birds or a family of plants in the future. Keep up the great work!

[@beachchaos1863]

I'd love that too but the phylogenetic relationships of birds is veryyyy messy. The only things broadly agreed on is that ratites + tinamous are the most basal group, folllwed by chickens + relatives and ducks + relatives. After that, literally no one is in agreement as to how all other birds should be classified

[@Textbooktravel]

I'm so happy you mentioned plants!! I really wanted to do dive into the plant kingdom at some point but I didn't know if people would be into that! Also, the next video I'm working on is birds of prey! Thanks for the suggestions and feedback!

[@bennybombo]

@@Textbooktravel I would be happy to see a similar video on plants, really happy for your great content

[@archiesauls3672]

Super happy you’re doing this group.

[@danielpala5460]

this channel is going places. its been added in my must watch channels along with tier zoo, ants canada and zfrank1

[@krioswordsmith1017]

thanks guys, i love this one. i've always liked Mustelids and felt they are very overlooked as far as carnivores go.

[@mikesaunders4775]

A very informative overview of a large and interesting family.

[@duffal0]

If you keep these types of videos up, you’ll be at 100k subs in no time. Great video

[@IntenseVisuals]

Huge fan of your channel and content. Your presentations are so concise and well organized they're truly a joy learn from. Can't wait to see where your interests take us next!

[@saltedluke4268]

Always thought that mongooses where part of the weasel super family since they share similar physical characteristics. Awesome video btw!

[@zebedeemadness2672]

Nope! Both Mongoose, Meerkat and Weasel, Polecat, Badger etc are all in the order Carnivora. The Mongoose and Meerkat are in suborder Feliformia, so more related to Felines the cat family, (despite looking Canid, the Hyena is also in the suborder Feliformia). The Weasel, Polecat, Badger etc are in the suborder Caniformia, so are more related to Canids the dog family.

[@elhombredeoro955]

@@zebedeemadness2672 very well explained. You saved me the effort of explaining.

[@marshallferron]

It's a good example of convergent evolution.

[@indyreno2933]

@Zebedee madness, in fact there are actually there are twenty-five extant families of carnivorans 1) Canidae (Dogs (contains 20 genera: Urocyon, Atelocynus, Speothos, Chrysocyon, Bassarilupus, Culpaeus, Lycalopex, Cerdocyon, Vulpes, Neocyon, Alopex, Nyctereutes, Fennecus, Otocyon, Lupulella, Lycaon, Flavocyon, Cuon, Prolupus, and Canis)) 2) Ursidae (Bears (contains 5 genera: Tremarctos, Melursus, Helarctos, Euarctos, and Ursus)) 3) Ailuropodidae (Giant Panda (contains 1 genus: Ailuropoda) 4) Phocidae (Seals (contains 12 genera: Leptonychotes, Ommatophoca, Hydrurga, Lobodon, Neomonachus, Monachus, Pusa, Pagophilus, Histriophoca, Erignathus, Halichoerus, and Phoca)) 5) Cystophoridae (Hooded Seal and Elephant Seals (contains 2 genera: Mirounga and Cystophora)) 6) Otariidae (Sea Lions and Fur Seals (contains 9 genera: Callorhinus, Arctophoca, Cynophoca, Arctocephalus, Eumetopias, Zalophus, Neophoca, Phocarctos, and Otaria)) 7) Odobenidae (Walrus (contains 1 genus: Odobenus)) 8) Mephitidae (Skunks and Stink Badgers (contains 4 genera: Mydaus, Conepatus, Spilogale, and Mephitis)) 9) Procyonidae (Raccoons, Ringtail, and Cacomistle (contains 2 genera: Bassariscus and Procyon)) 10) Ailuridae (Red Panda (contains 1 genus: Ailurus)) 11) Nasuidae (Coatis, Olingos, Olinguito, and Kinkajou (contains 4 genera: Potos, Bassaricyon, Nasuella, and Nasua)) 12) Melidae (Badgers (contains 7 genera: Melogale, Bassaritaxus, Helictis, Mellivora, Taxidea, Arctonyx, and Meles)) 13) Mustelidae (Weasels, Ferrets, and Minks (contains 12 genera: Leucictis, Neogale, Neoputorius, Neovison, Ailurogale, Aciogale, Flavogale, Flavictis, Sciurogale, Mustela, Putorius, and Mesovison)) 14) Lutridae (Otters (contains 12 genera: Pteronura, Hydrictis, Lutrogale, Lutra, Afrolutra, Pilosorhinus, Amblonyx, Aonyx, Enhydra, Lontra, Neolontra, and Hydrogale)) 15) Ictonychidae (Zorillas, Muishund, Shulang, Huro, Grisons, Wolverine, Tayra, Martens, and Fisher (contains 10 genera: Pekania, Charronia, Martes, Eira, Gulo, Galictis, Lyncodon, Vormela, Poecilogale, and Ictonyx)) 16) Felidae (Cats (contains 20 genera: Herpailurus, Puma, Acinonyx, Panthera, Uncia, Jaguarius, Neofelis, Leptailurus, Caracal, Profelis, Badia, Catopuma, Pardofelis, Otocolobus, Lynx, Leopardus, Oncifelis, Oreailurus, Prionailurus, and Felis)) 17) Protelidae (Aardwolf (contains 1 genus: Proteles)) 18) Hyaenidae (Hyenas (contains 3 genera: Parahyaena, Crocuta, and Hyaena)) 19) Nandiniidae (African Palm Civet (contains 1 genus: Nandinia)) 20) Prionodontidae (Linsangs (contains 1 genus: Prionodon)) 21) Poianidae (Oyans (contains 1 genus: Poiana)) 22) Genettidae (Genets (contains 1 genus: Genetta)) 23) Viverridae (Civets (contains 12 genera: Civettictis, Viverricula, Viverra, Hemigalus, Chortogale, Dipogale, Macrogalidia, Cynogale, Arctogalidia, Arctictis, Paguma, and Paradoxurus)) 24) Herpestidae (Mongooses (contains 16 genera: Herpestes, Xenogale, Atilax, Ophiovora, Cynictis, Galerella, Paracynictis, Rhynchogale, Bdeogale, Ichneumia, Crossarchus, Suricata, Dologale, Helogale, Liberiictis, and Mungos)) 25) Eupleridae (Malagasy Carnivorans (contains 7 genera: Mungotictis, Galidictis, Salanoia, Galidia, Fossa, Cryptoprocta, and Eupleres)) There are also nine extant superfamilies: 1) Canoidea (Dogs and Fossil Relatives (contains 1 family: Canidae)) 2) Ursoidea (Bears and Giant Panda (contains 2 families: Ursidae and Ailuropodidae)) 3) Phocoidea (Seals, Hooded Seal, and Elephant Seals (contains 2 families: Phocidae and Cystophoridae)) 4) Otarioidea (Sea Lions, Fur Seals, and Walrus (contains 2 families: Otariidae and Odobenidae)) 5) Procyonoidea (Raccoons, Coatis, Skunks, and Relatives (contains 4 families: Mephitidae, Procyonidae, Ailuridae, and Nasuidae)) 6) Musteloidea (Weasels, Badgers, Otters, and Relatives (contains 4 families: Melidae, Mustelidae, Lutridae, and Ictonychidae)) 7) Feloidea (Cats and Fossil Relatives (contains 1 family: Felidae)) 8) Hyaenoidea (Hyenas and Aardwolf (contains 2 families: Protelidae and Hyaenidae)) 9) Viverroidea (Civets, Mongooses, and Relatives (contains 7 families: Nandiniidae, Prionodontidae, Poianidae, Genettidae, Viverridae, Herpestidae, and Eupleridae)) Here are the two major carnivoran groups (suborders): 1) Caniformia (Dog-Like Carnivorans (contains 15 families: Canidae, Ursidae, Ailuropodidae, Phocidae, Cystophoridae, Otariidae, Odobenidae, Mephitidae, Procyonidae, Ailuridae, Nasuidae, Melidae, Mustelidae, Lutridae, and Ictonychidae)) 2) Feliformia (Cat-Like Carnivorans (contains 10 families: Felidae, Protelidae, Hyaenidae, Nandiniidae, Prionodontidae, Poianidae, Genettidae, Viverridae, Herpestidae, and Eupleridae))

[@zebedeemadness2672]

@@indyreno2933 Who asked for a cut and paste info over load? The only questioning was of placement of the Mongoose.

[@markbotefur4936]

The british Badger bit was amazing. Came out of nowhere but was much appreciated.

[@chriswatson8965]

Haven't been so happy to see new video from a creator in a long time. Thanks for the video sir!

[@Textbooktravel]

Thank you, Chris!

[@FR33_PALESTIN33]

I always thought a fight versus a raccoon would be tough. Now I know why. Their offspring are some of the pound for pound most formidable foes...

[@Ziggybubbles]

This is one of the best videos on KZbin full stop thank you for bringing this content into the world

[@Poisonjam7]

The photos in this episode were great! Some really funny shots, especially the otters and the waving red panda. 🤣

[@MrJoe99998]

Another great video! Do you think you will also cover all the subfamilies in this video more in depth showing all species within? Or would that be a bit too much?

[@jamesschneider2091]

Fascinating variety of fabulous predators . . . the wolverine tops my list. Interesting that the Wolverine State animal has been extirpated from Michigan since the early 1800s.

[@HioshimaFried]

Musteloids are ballin' and underrated Keep up these kinda vids my man!

[@Wadethewallaby2001]

You should make one episode with wallabies my favorite one is the yellow footed rock Wallaby.

[@krioswordsmith1017]

i love your guy's work, are you able to do the Xenarthrans at some point, or the Uranotherians. both of those groups deserve more appreciation.

[@Txickat]

thanks so much for these videos! i love learning about animals, so naturally i binge watched all this series!

[@AM0025]

Love your videos man. So well done and informative. Can't wait to see your channel grow big.

[@evandean3944]

Best video yet! Great images, the contrast pics were especially fun. I do wish you'd included Bassariscus as well, though. Ringtails are so cool to me when I spot one here in CA.

[@kevinward3088]

Excellent video & accurate. I miss my mother / daughter , ferret / 1/2 polecat pair so much. Mustelids are not only formidable , but many are adorable too

[@theRalphPacheco]

Hey! You left out one! A common creature in my part of the USA is the ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) It is a relative of the racoon. It is rarely seen as it is nocturnal, but when I used to live out in the country I would come upon them. We call them "ringtail cats" locally. I've heard miners used to keep them as pets as they are better mousers than cats. They are absolutely adorable looking little critters. Where raccoons are seen as a pest, I used to enjoy seeing them from time to time. They can be found in the western half of the US and Mexico. They are not threatened or endangered. oH, very nicely done video. I enjoyed it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringtail#Range_and_habitat

[@gustavodarocha951]

Best channel on the subject of animal division

[@nuniyoa]

i love your videos so much!! as someone with ADHD the short videos are actually able to keep my attention :) do you take suggestions at all?

[@RottingRavenZ]

YESS. i was hoping for th is vid. THANK YOU!

[@ItsRichyMo]

Been waiting for this! Another great video brimming with information! Thank you!

[@geoffreydonaldson2984]

Great video: informative, thorough, but great flow. I’ve seen many of these creatures in the wild, or the zoo, or in media-but now I know how they’re related. Yay! I was in a helicopter flying over an ice field in the big Coast Mountains of British Columbia. Making a bee-line at about 10,000 feet from the head of one inlet (or fjord) to another, miles and miles of flat white snow and ice maybe a hundred feet below us at about 130mph. A set of animal tracks converges with our flight path and we follow it for miles. “What kind of animal would come all the way up here? Is it lost or something? There’s no food, there’s no nothing...” The pilot says, no, it’s a wolverine (it looked like a heavy animal made the tracks-I would have guessed a lost bear cub maybe). I asked the same question more specifically and he said, “it’s changing valleys, can run virtually all day practically nonstop, incredible strength and stamina...” “Wow!” I said and suddenly we see it up ahead, slow down just a bit (it’s illegal to hover over wildlife without a permit or make them run and chase them) and, sure enough, it’s a huge wolverine in winter coat running as fast as he (we assumed ‘he’ by its size) could go in a perfectly straight line. We were miles from anywhere that wasn’t ice. “WoW!!” So we carry on, do want we have to do on the other side of the field and, on our way back, saw its tracks veer off to a pocket valley, so we took a little detour, see where it went (pocket valleys are so cool, big trees -no wind-with a lake way down at the bottom), then we saw it’s tracks come out again and resume their course across the ice field-I mean, it was many, many miles it ran whilst we spent an hour or so before coming back. Amazing! “He was just checking it out...always on the go, eat everything, fear nothing-even grizzlies are scared of ‘em.” We could see where he stopped at the edge of the valley, listened and sniffed before electing to push on across the glaciers. Biggest wolverine I ever saw.

[@kaityr9693]

I love all weasel types and would absolutely love to have any of these long bois as a pet. They're so damn cute

[@jordyb57]

I LOVE the images in these vids!!

[@tankenming4760]

Wonder what mammal families will you be doing next, Textbook Travel? Primates? Rodents? Afrotheria? Looking forward to seeing your next upload soon!

[@indyreno2933]

Afrotheres, Primates, and Rodents are not families, Afrotheria is superorder that comprises of six extant orders and Primates and Rodents are both respectively orders.

[@tankenming4760]

@@indyreno2933 thanks. I tend to get confused with differentiating between animal orders and families.

[@Star-kp8oc]

This is gold! Thank you! Can we get a shark family

[@bodhiganguly]

Whats your doing is great and highly appreciated!! This is stuff every person should know , since you are mostly making videos on mamalia suggest a full video on the most underrated and misunderstood group of mammals one that flys and has huge impact on our lives due to diseases, pandemics , guano, pest control and pollination the most diverse group of mammals maybe rodents are close , one that you won't find so easily in the field, i am sure you have guessed it also a superhero legend

[@cjayx]

I just found your channel and I love what you're doing!! I've been sending these videos to my kiddo to watch and she eats it up!

[@TRquiet]

10:47 Okay, your graphics guy is having a little too much fun. And I love it.

[@forrestisnt]

One time in the southern reaches of the Blue Range Wilderness Area in AZ I saw a group of 20 or so coati grazing on a hillside and it was amazing.

[@TheDeadmanTT]

Another great collection of goofy animalpictures! Love my furry noodles!

[@kaiproductions7564]

I got sooo happy when i saw you uploaded ! Such a great way to start the day tytyty

[@Textbooktravel]

Thank you, Kai! These kinds of comments really make my day!

[@kaiproductions7564]

@@Textbooktravel your most welcome! I love your channel and your videos! Cant wait to see more in the future

[@aharonvarna5992]

My favorite living cylinders. So cute and ferocious.

[@aoyamaprivacc]

What a cute of a family they are!

[@con__]

this channel is so underrated! keep it up

[@stvbrsn]

I saw an adorable little ferret or ermine while backcountry skiing in the Uintas last week. Came here to try to identify the little bugger. I only saw him from shoulders up, but he appeared to be mostly cream colored with some brown around the face. Ok, I’m pretty sure it was a stoat or least weasel. Just popped its head up from a burrow as I was passing. So cute.

[@blueheron998]

This is, quite simply, the greatest video to have ever appeared on the internet.

[@gundamunicorn6929]

huge fan of this channel, just binge watch all of your videos mate, keep up the great work

[@LorolinAstori]

I first saw the red panda at the Bronx Zoo. Year after year I would see this animal and think it was boring and lazy. Then I had the wonderful opportunity to view a young one at Taipei zoo. He was rampaging around and truly enjoying himself in the facility provided. It's a perfect perspective on how a realistic environment makes all the difference in the world to an animal. Not saying Bronx Zoo has a horrible environment since there are many parts that are wonderful. I have great.videps of brown bears, polar bears, tigers and gorillas frolicking at the Bronx Zoo. But it was a great eye opener to see the red panda in that light. The video is awesome too!

[@bernieshort6311]

Outstanding documentary with excellent content, photography and narration. Thank you.

[@georgefleming4956]

As always, great job. Thank you for sharing.

[@Textbooktravel]

Thank you, George!

[@ryancampbell5997]

Great new channel!

[@ahmsdenielp.herrera7190]

Good video keep it up 👍❤

[@Gutterrat69]

Thankyou so much I can't believe I didn't know about some of these guys!! So excited to learn something new

[@f.e.a.r8799]

Never stop just never it’s soooo goood

[@serpentmaster1323]

Wow! Mustelids, Ungulates, you’re covering all my favorites!

[@Chilling_Charizard]

I have binged nearly all the videos on this channel. At the risk of sounding dumb, I have always thought the European badger was the same as the American. I assumed they crossed a land bridge or something and I am going to look closely at the one in RDR2. Man, the hog badger is deadly cute but my heart now belongs to the South American bush dog. Anyway I have subscribed and can’t wait for more content, FEED ME!! FEEEEED MEEEeeeeeeya!!

[@JT-km6th]

The way you spoke about badgers taking down earthworms 😂 I was expecting something a bit more menacing

[@TheImapotato]

Haha, same. Those damn earthworm menaces have to be stopped somehow though!

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Got to LOVE them Weasels ;-) Great vid, thanks for sharing, appreciate it a lot. Greets from the Netherlands 🌷, T.

[@ritalawson7020]

Fabulous video just love these cute little guys

[@lodevermeiren3152]

Recently subscribed, love your vids!

[@TheSoulCrisis]

Great video!! So insightful and you cover a lot of species, this was a great video.

[@AtepaHathorMakalani]

2 am and I'm learning about the weasel family

[@erinnauta1405]

Thanks! Super informative.

[@corujinha8007]

Honey Badger: "I'm a terrible predator, if you fight with me you going to lose, i'm fearless" American Badger: "I look cute, but don't mess with me or you going down" European Badger: "What a marvelous day to read a book and taste some tea..."

[@helmet2611]

Been binging your videos lately, can't wait to see more of these videos

[@kieran-devereux]

i love!! please keep doing these, they’re all i watch lol

[@ItsmeUVie]

Hey I just saw a yellow throated marten 2 hour ago while I went for running today morning!!! Love your videos btw

[@BadlndsBob]

Great video! It covers my favorite family of mammals.

[@42Fossy]

Wow, I literally thought that skunks were in the mustelid family until just now. I guess when I read as a child that they were closely related, I just assumed it meant the same family and never questioned it. Learn something new every day!

[@indyreno2933]

In fact, Skunks and Stink Badgers (family Mephitidae) are actually more closely related to the raccoons, ringtail, and cacomistle (family Procyonidae), the red panda (family Ailuridae), and the coatis, olingos, olinguito, and kinkajou (family Nasuidae), all four of these families are in the superfamily Procyonoidea, procyonoids used to be a much more diverse superfamily in the fossil record but now only twenty-eight species are still living.

[@bluetannery1527]

why do i love these videos so much

[@hylaherping9180]

I really like this channel! Great resource for anyone who's interested.

[@jbecker8874]

6:42 Truly a terrifying predator, lol. All mustelids are awesome!

[@Lontracanadensis]

Kind of surprised no mention of the ringtail and cacomistle. Otherwise a very thorough and excellent presentation.

[@reactionx1041]

Stink badgers had me in stitches, brilliant 🤣

[@JoeMWoodward]

Any plans on doing these for non mammalian species? Love your videos.

[@leongliyang6946]

they had no idea how cute they are 😍😍😍

[@pyrobeast_jack]

had a good laugh at your description of the European Badger!

[@RyanAlexanderBloom]

In many areas of southern North America the ranges of Coati, Ringtails, and Raccoons overlap, giving us triple trash pandas. Procyonidae overload.

[@indyreno2933]

Actually, the genera Bassariscus (Ringtail and Cacomistle) and Procyon (Raccoons) are the only extant genera of the family Procyonidae, Procyonidae is now restricted to only all the genera that originated in North America, while the coatis, olingos, olinguito, and kinkajou along with a majority extinct genera and species that originated in South America are now in a distinct family (Nasuidae) that is more closely related to the family Ailuridae (to which the Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) is the only surviving species), these three families (Procyonidae, Ailuridae, and Nasuidae) along with Mephitidae (Skunks and Stink Badgers) are placed within the superfamily Procyonoidea, the superfamily Procyonoidea is a monophyletic group that originated in North America during the late Eocene, within Procyonoidea, it is figured that Mephitidae is the most basal extant family of extant procyonoids, with early mephitids having lived in North America, Procyonidae itself is the sister group to the Ailuridae + Nasuidae clade, while both Mephitidae and Procyonidae originated in North America, Ailuridae and Nasuidae originated in Eurasia and South America respectively.

[@arnolda2909]

Love your videos man, amazing work, keep it up

[@TeverRus]

I love Musteloidea so much!