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. Subscribe: https://tbtrvl.com/subscribe More rabbit holes to dive into! Relatives: https://tbtrvl.com/relatives Parks: https://tbtrvl.com/parks Most Popular: https://tbtrvl.com/popular Newest Videos: https://tbtrvl.com/newest 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 Media & Attribution Unless stated above, all still images are used under license from Shutterstock.com. Thank you to everyone who makes their work available for use. Covering all of the wonderful species in these videos would not be possible without your incredible work. Music All of the music used in this video is available at Epidemic Sound. If you need music and would like to support the channel, please find a referral link below. https://tbtrvl.com/epidemicsound Sources & Further Reading Listed below are the sources used to create the video. Animal Diversity https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Mustelidae/ Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musteloidea/ Encyclopedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/animal/mustelid#ref916284 Info relating to the cladograms https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/54/2/317/2842927/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelidae/ Mustelid Genera & Relationship to Seals https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/mustelid/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/mustelidae/ Type specimens https://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/blogs/mark-harvey/what-type-specimen/ The winter colour change of weasels https://www.montananaturalist.org/blog-post/changing-daylight-how-a-weasel-turns-white/ Why do sea otters float on their backs? https://oneworldoneocean.com/blog/blue-zoo-sea-otter/ Difference between the greater and lesser grison https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Greater-Grison-Galictis-vittata-left-and-Lesser-Grison-G-cuja-right-from-the-Amazon_fig1_228490011 The wolverine and the largest mustelids https://blog.nature.org/science/2019/09/17/mighty-mustelids-meet-the-worlds-most-epic-weasels/ Can wolverines kill moose? https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wolverine.printerfriendly What do badgers eat? https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/other-garden-wildlife/mammals/badger/ European Badger https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/mammals/european-badger/ https://britishwildlifecentre.co.uk/planyourvisit/animals/badger/ Hog badger range https://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/carnivores/badger_hog.html Honey Badger venom resistance https://slate.com/technology/2015/06/honey-badger-venom-resistance-biologists-discover-the-secret.html https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/why-are-honey-badgers-so-aggressive/ American badger behaviour and characteristics https://nhpbs.org/natureworks/americanbadger.htm American badger life cycle https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=2597 The red panda https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/red-panda/ Red panda’s Nepali name https://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2008/04/03/proper-pandas/ Skunk facts! https://wildlifeinformer.com/facts-about-skunks/ About Textbook Travel: Videos Exploring The Animal Kingdom & The Natural World Educational content about the most fascinating elements of our planet and the study surrounding them. Current content includes: Relatives | A series exploring the most fascinating families in the animal kingdom How Animals Work | A series exploring animal behaviour, ecology, biology and more There is currently no upload schedule so please consider turning on all notifications to be notified when a new video is released. Thanks! Subscribe: https://tbtrvl.com/subscribe Website: https://www.textbooktravel.com #textbooktravel #animals #weasel