Search Results for: Mammals of the order Sirenia
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is the common name for various heavily built, carnivorous, burrowing mammals in the family mustelidae , characterized by short legs, long snouts, well-developed anal scent glands, plantigrade locomotion, long, grizzled hair, and long, sharp, non-retractile claws on each of the five digits of the front
feet. the family mustelidae also includes the similar ferrets, weasels , wolverines , otters , stoats , and fishers, with the badgers being those mustelids in the three subfamilies of melinae, mellivorinae, and taxideinae, depending on the taxonomic scheme. eight extant species , placed in five genera...
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