Looks like I've seen 45 mustelid species, 55 when counting the recently separated Mephitids. They are as follows:
1.) (Mustela erminea) ermine
2.) (Mustela eversmanii) Steppe polecat
3.) (Mustela frenata) long-tailed weasel
4.) (Mustela itatsi) Japanese weasel
5.) (Mustela lutreola) European mink
6.) (Mustela nigripes) Black-footed Ferret
7.) (Mustela nivalis) least weasel
8.) (Mustela putorius) European polecat
9.) (Mustela sibirica) Siberian weasel
10.) (Vormela peregusna) Marbled polecat
11.) (Eira barbara) tayra
12.) (Gulo gulo) wolverine
13.) (Ictonyx libycus) Saharan striped polecat
14.) (Ictonyx striatus) Zorilla
15.) (Martes americana) American Marten
16.) (Martes flavigula) Yellow-throated Marten
17.) (Martes foina) Beech Marten
18.) (Martes martes) European Pine Marten
19.) (Martes melampus) Japanese Marten
20.) (Martes pennanti) fisher
21.) (Martes zibellina) Sable
22.) (Neovison vison) American mink
23.) (Poecilogale albinucha) African striped weasel
24.) (Galictis cuja) Lesser Grison
25.) (Galictis vittata) Greater Grison
26.) (Taxidea taxus) American badger
27.) (Meles anakuma) Japanese Badger
28.) (Meles meles) European Badger
29.) (Meles leucurus) Asian badger
30.) (Mellivora capensis) honey badger
31.) (Melogale moschata) Chinese ferret-badger
32.) (Melogale orientalis) Javan ferret-badger
33.) (Melogale personata)
Burmese ferret-badger
34.) (Arctonyx collaris)
greater hog badger
35.)
(Arctonyx hoevenii) Sumatran hog badger
36.) (Aonyx capensis) African clawless otter
37.) (Aonyx cinerea) oriental small-clawed otter
38.) (Enhydra lutris) sea otter
39.) (Hydrictis maculicollis) spotted-necked otter
40.) (Lontra canadensis) North American river otter
41.) (Lontra feline) Marine Otter
42.) (Lontra longicaudis) Neotropical Otter
43.) (Lutra lutra) European Otter
44.) (Lutrogale perspicillata) Smooth-coated Otter
45.) (Pteronura brasiliensis) giant otter
46.) (Mydaus marchei) Palawan stink badger
47.) (Conepatus chinga) Molina’s hog-nosed skunk
48.) (Conepatus humboldtii) Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk
49.) (Conepatus leuconotus) American hog-nosed skunk
50.) (Conepatus semistriatus) striped hog-nosed skunk
51.) (Mephitis macroura) hooded skunk
52.) (Mephitis mephitis) striped skunk
53.) (Spilogale angustifrons) Southern spotted skunk (NO PHOTO)
54.) (Spilogale gracilis) Western Spotted Skunk
55.) (Spilogale putorius) Eastern Spotted Skunk
As for species I'd most like to see:
1.
Patagonian weasel- L. patagonicus (only Genus I haven’t seen)
2.
Nilgiri marten- M. gwatkinsii (would complete the Genus for me!)
3.
Mountain weasel- M. altaica (always saw it listed on zootierliste but never got a chance to visit Lithuania)
4.
Hairy-nosed otter- L. sumatrana (1 of 2 otters I haven’t seen, and the one that
@devilfish has me most jealous of)
No animals would be taken from their native range, no import issues and it would help control an introduced species.
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