THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Mustelidae · Clear filter
58 records · page 1 of 2
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Asian Small-clawed OtterAonyx cinereus (Illiger, 1815) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Congo Clawless OtterAonyx congicus (Lönnberg, 1910) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| TayraEira barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sea OtterEnhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser GrisonGalictis cuja (Molina, 1782) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater GrisonGalictis vittata (Schreber, 1776) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| WolverineGulo gulo (Linnaeus, 1758) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Speckle-throated OtterHydrictis maculicollis (Lichtenstein, 1835) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Saharan Striped PolecatIctonyx libycus (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Striped PolecatIctonyx striatus (Perry, 1810) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common OtterLontra canadensis (Schreber, 1777) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marine OtterLontra felina (Molina, 1782) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazonian River OtterLontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large River OtterLontra provocax (Thomas, 1908) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hairy-nosed OtterLutra sumatrana (Gray, 1865) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Smooth-coated OtterLutrogale perspicillata (I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1826) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Patagonian WeaselLyncodon patagonicus (de Blainville, 1842) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| American MartenMartes americana (Turton, 1806) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pacific MartenMartes caurina (Merriam, 1890) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-throated MartenMartes flavigula (Boddaert, 1785) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Beech MartenMartes foina (Erxleben, 1777) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nilgiri MartenMartes gwatkinsii Horsfield, 1851 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European Pine MartenMartes martes (Linnaeus, 1758) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese MartenMartes melampus (Wagner, 1840) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| SableMartes zibellina (Linnaeus, 1758) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese BadgerMeles anakuma Temminck, 1844 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caucasian BadgerMeles canescens Blanford, 1875 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian BadgerMeles leucurus (Hodgson, 1847) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European BadgerMeles meles (Linnaeus, 1758) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Honey BadgerMellivora capensis (Schreber, 1776) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cuc Phuong Ferret BadgerMelogale cucphuongensis Nadler, Streicher, Stefen, Schwierz & Roos, 2011 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bornean Ferret-badgerMelogale everetti (Thomas, 1895) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chinese Ferret-badgerMelogale moschata (Gray, 1831) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan Ferret-badgerMelogale orientalis (Horsfield, 1821) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Formosan Ferret-badgerMelogale subaurantiaca (Swinhoe, 1862) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Missing-toothed Pygmy WeaselMustela aistoodonnivalis Wu & Kao, 1991 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Altai Mountain WeaselMustela altaica Pallas, 1811 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| ErmineMustela erminea Linnaeus, 1758 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Steppe PolecatMustela eversmanii Lesson, 1827 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| domestic ferretMustela furo Linnaeus, 1758 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese WeaselMustela itatsi Temminck, 1844 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European MinkMustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indonesian Mountain WeaselMustela lutreolina Robinson & Thomas, 1917 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-footed FerretMustela nigripes (Audubon & Bachman, 1851) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Least WeaselMustela nivalis Linnaeus, 1766 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malay WeaselMustela nudipes Desmarest, 1822 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European PolecatMustela putorius Linnaeus, 1758 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Siberian WeaselMustela sibirica Pallas, 1773 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Back-striped WeaselMustela strigidorsa Gray, 1853 | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazon WeaselNeogale africana (Desmarest, 1818) | MustelidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
58 records · page 1 of 2
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.