The Musteloidea Superfamily ALL 8 Weasel Subfamilies & 3 Closest Relatives HD

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. #weasels #species #taxonomy Contents 00:00 Introduction 00:42 Mustelinae | Weasels, Ferrets, Mink... 02:16 Lutrinae | Otters 03:44 Ictonychinae | Grisons, Polecats & Weasels 04:44 Guloninae | Wolverine, Martens... 05:55 Helictidinae | Ferret badgers 06:14 Melinae | Badgers & Hog Badgers 07:18 Mellivorinae | Honey Badger 08:05 Taxidiinae | American Badger 09:06 Procyonidae | Racoons, Olingos, Coatis... 10:32 Ailuridae | Red Pandas 11:20 Mephitidae | Skunks Media & Attribution All footage is used under licence from Storyblocks. All 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://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/a9dpje/ 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 grissom 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.theanimalfi