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My second grade students asked this question, so we looked it up. According to Wikipedia , weasels and otters are related. They belong to the Musteliedae family, along with badgers, sea otters, wolverines, ferrets, martens, and mink. This is a difficult family to classify scientifically and some of the animals have been classified as being in this family through the use of DNA. Animals in this family are carnivorous and tend to have short legs and anal scent glands. Skunks were thought to be part of this family, but DNA evidence has shown that they are actually not in this family. This family is commonly called the Weasel family.
However, no cases have ever been found of otters and other mustelids producing young, even through means of artificial insemination. Factually speaking, the only factor that keeps otters in the family Mustelidae is their similar appearance to weasels and, in particular, minks, as the DNA of otters and weasels is incompatible. So, in a sense, no, otters are not related to weasels, except by taxonomical classification.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 15y agoOtters are in the Mustelidae Family, which is the Weasel Family.
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∙ 13y agoNo. The polar bear is a bear, closely related to the grizzly bear (grizzlies and polar bears can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.)
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∙ 13y agoYes, river otters are part of the mustelidae family, along with ferrets, weasels, other otters, and mink.
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∙ 6y agoYes, it's main prey are fish
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∙ 11y agoNo.
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Is a Mink related to a wolverine?
Minks are related to, Weasels, Skunks, Otters and Wolverines
What are the otters related species?
Otters belong to the weasel family Mustelidae and are related to the other members of that family, such as weasels, ferrets, and badgers.
Is otters a common noun?
Yes, the plural noun 'otters' is a common noun; a general word for semi-aquatic mammals related to weasels; a word for any otters of any kind.
What animals are in the Mustelidae family?
The family Mustelidae (55 species in 24 genera) is a diverse family, the largest and probably the oldest extant (living) family in the order Carnivora, there are different subgroups within the major group . Weasels include weasels, mink, ferrets, stoats and polecats; martens include martens and fishers; badgers include badgers and wolverine; and otters include sea otters and river otters.
What are minks related to?
Minks are part of the Mustelidae family, which comprises otters, weasels, badgers, ferrets, the wolverine, European polecat ferret, and a couple of other animals.
Are bears related to weasels?
no weasels and bears are not related
How are seals and bears related?
They are from the same super-family of Arctoidea, which in turn splits into the super-families of Pinnipedia (Seals, sea lions) and Musteloidea (otters, ferrets, weasels, etc)
Sea otters reproductive?
yes, sea otters have young sea otters called pups
What is the sea otters habitat?
a sea otters habitat is the sea
Who is the cousin of the weasel?
Weasels are members of the Mustelidae family and are closely related to ferrets, mink, martens, otters, polecats and skunks who are also members of the Mustelidae family.
Animals in the same family as dogs?
Caniformia is a suborder that includes:skunks, bears, weasels, badgers, otters, raccoons, seals, sea lions, walruses, coatis, and the red panda.
What are mustelids?
They are another name for weasels. The members are skunks,wolverines,weasels,ferrets,polecats,baders,minks,ermines,otters,and zorrilias.
