Musteloidea: A Super Family of Adorable Carnivores

Mustelids are some of the most heartwarming creatures on the planet. Mustelidae contains 8 subfamilies and roughly 60 species including weasels, martens, otters, badgers and the wolverine. It is the largest family within the order Carnivora and is part of Musteloidea, a superfamily of weasels that also contains the red panda, raccoons and skunks. In this guide, we’ll explore each subfamily, where they’re located and the species found therein.
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00:42 Weasels, Ferrets, Mink... | Mustelinae
02:16 Otters | Lutrinae
03:44 Grisons, Polecats & Weasels | Ictonychinae
04:44 Wolverine, Martens... | Guloninae
05:55 Ferret badgers | Helictidinae
06:14 Badgers & Hog Badgers | Melinae
07:18 Honey Badger | Mellivorinae
08:05 American Badger | Taxidiinae
09:06 Racoons, Olingos, Coatis... | Procyonidae
10:32 Red Pandas | Ailuridae
11:20 Skunks | Mephitidae
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Animal Diversity
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Wikipedia
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Info relating to the cladograms
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Mustelid Genera & Relationship to Seals
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Type specimens
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The winter colour change of weasels
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Why do sea otters float on their backs?
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Difference between the greater and lesser grison
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The wolverine and the largest mustelids
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Can wolverines kill moose?
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What do badgers eat?
www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wil...
European Badger
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Hog badger range
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Honey Badger venom resistance
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www.discoverwildlife.com/anim...
American badger behaviour and characteristics
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American badger life cycle
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The red panda
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Red panda’s Nepali name
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Skunk facts!
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[@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))

[@boreabalsam]

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

[@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😲

[@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.

[@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.

[@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?

[@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!"

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@archiesauls3672]

Super happy you’re doing this group.

[@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!

[@RottingRavenZ]

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

[@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.

[@ItsRichyMo]

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

[@Jay-ehn]

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

[@gravel9270]

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

[@Textbooktravel]

Thank you! Me too!!

[@ll4680]

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

[@Txickat]

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

[@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!

[@Ziggybubbles]

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

[@FeraForus]

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

[@krioswordsmith1017]

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

[@helmet2611]

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

[@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.

[@gundamunicorn6929]

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

[@Gutterrat69]

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

[@AM0025]

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

[@jordyb57]

I LOVE the images in these vids!!

[@arnolda2909]

Love your videos man, amazing work, keep it up

[@Poisonjam7]

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

[@harperwelch5147]

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

[@lodevermeiren3152]

Recently subscribed, love your vids!

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

[@grandmastertit]

Love these videos please explore more!

[@ryancampbell5997]

Great new channel!

[@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.

[@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!

[@aaronbastian7572]

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

[@ricoreyes6044]

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

[@mikesaunders4775]

A very informative overview of a large and interesting family.

[@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...

[@kieran-devereux]

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

[@georgefleming4956]

As always, great job. Thank you for sharing.

[@Textbooktravel]

Thank you, George!

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Love your video's dude! Keep it going!!

[@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!

[@con__]

this channel is so underrated! keep it up

[@bernieshort6311]

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

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

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

[@trull122]

very well done, thanks for sharing.

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Good video keep it up 👍❤

[@travisoutlaw9511]

Just discovered your channel today! Awesome stuff mate 👍🤙 Subbed

[@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

[@nilanjanachatterjee9023]

Excellent video 😊

[@noelangelopaglinawan2003]

love your vids Textbook Travel! love that you share info and knowledge. Keep up the great work

[@TRquiet]

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

[@bluetannery1527]

why do i love these videos so much

[@TheSoulCrisis]

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

[@HioshimaFried]

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

[@serpentmaster1323]

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

[@BadlndsBob]

Great video! It covers my favorite family of mammals.

[@erinnauta1405]

Thanks! Super informative.

[@shayneyates2196]

I love your videos so much

[@ritalawson7020]

Fabulous video just love these cute little guys

[@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.

[@duffal0]

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

[@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?

[@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

[@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

[@riccaancona4268]

Keep it up!!!!

[@f.e.a.r8799]

Never stop just never it’s soooo goood

[@markbotefur4936]

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

[@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.

[@aoyamaprivacc]

What a cute of a family they are!

[@pyrobeast_jack]

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

[@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.

[@Slampty]

Great video.

[@blueheron998]

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

[@ItsmeUVie]

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

[@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

[@J-RS21]

Amazing video

[@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!!

[@redcross6963]

Just found your channel & I love it! It is a wealth of knowledge. New Subscriber! Thanks so 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.

[@gustavodarocha951]

Best channel on the subject of animal division

[@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.

[@aharonvarna5992]

My favorite living cylinders. So cute and ferocious.

[@hylaherping9180]

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

[@TheDeadmanTT]

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

[@paruhkicauchannel]

I love your vido..thank for sharing..🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@jackclement503]

love these videos. Specifically this one cause the wolverine is my favourite animal.

[@Guydude777]

Awesome and educational

[@reactionx1041]

Stink badgers had me in stitches, brilliant 🤣

[@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..."

[@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?

[@leongliyang6946]

they had no idea how cute they are 😍😍😍

[@randomkinkajou5747]

Random fact: Red pandas are the original pandas since they were named roughly 50 years before giant pandas were

[@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506]

The real battle is, who of them is cuter?

[@randomkinkajou5747]

@@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506 I'm going for red pandas because they're the cutest when they're angry and they're smol