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Weasels, otters and badgers belong to the largest family of carnivores. Most have glands that give off a strong scent. They live on almost every continent. Australia and Antarctica lack them. Many have a long and supple body. Several species swim very well and hunt in rivers.
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Mustelidae
Poecilogale albinucha · Least concern
It barely drinks: only a little water, on hot days. It kills by biting the neck while rolling and kicking, and ignores other foods even when hungry. Threatened, it flees, or bluffs with noises, fake charges and a foul spray.
Photo: Devonpike at English Wikipedia (Public domain)
Mustelidae
Taxidea taxus · Least concern
Front claws up to 5 cm long let the American badger dig out mice, squirrels and groundhogs, most easily in the sandy prairie soils it favours. Despite its looks, it is not closely related to the European badger. In Mexico it is sometimes called tlalcoyote.
Photo: Jonathunder (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Mustelidae
Martes americana · Least concern
Martens were long thought to live only in old conifer forests, but studies showed the American marten also lives in young and old deciduous and mixed woods, from Alaska and Canada to northern New England. Its young stay with their mother in a den until the fall and mature within a year.
Photo: Jacob W. Frank (Public domain)
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