#mustelidae

[vuelode-irbis]

[ID: digital drawing of a least weasel. it's sitting down with a paw lifted, it's looking to the left. There are grass and flowers drawn simply in blue. The animal is colored with red and creamy yellow. It's scientific name, Mustela nivalis, is written next to the head. The background is clear blue with a math grid. End ID]

I didn't mentally prepare myself for another month drawing challenge, but I want to draw more wildlife, and mustelids are very fun to draw! So I'll be posting occasional tube guys the next days :]

Here's least weasel for day 2 of Maystelid

[verbrannt74]

#Maystelid - day 10: Marbled polecat

PS1 style is my favourite, but I find it one of the most difficult ones.

(If you're curious about vertex snapping effect - I used PSX Vertex Snap addon by Lucas Roedel).

[weasel-war-dance]

American Mink | Tobin Brown

[plushieanimals]

steiff 🤍 Wiggy Ermine (1962)

[mammalianmammals]

Greater Hog Badger (Arctonyx collaris), family Mustelidae, Kaziranga Tiger Reserve, Assam, India

photograph by Anjan Lal

[lazer-t]

Yellow-Throated Marten

This illustration is February's ko-fi Sticker Club design!

[dragoncuspid]

Baby skunk in my yard I repeat baby skunk in my yard

[snototter]

A male American badger (Taxidea taxus) in Marin County, California, USA

by Robin Gwen Agarwal

[sablecitrus]

Someone wanted me to post this drawing here on tumblr so here! It’s a drawing of my fursona. They aren’t any specific species but they are a mustelid-like creature similar to a ferret, ermine, or sable (also clarification the “do not repost” means not to reupload my art, and is not referring to Tumblr’s reblog feature)

[warcrimesimulator]

Barguzin sable баргузинский соболь (Martes zibellina princeps)

📸 Артур Мурзаханов

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Back with the Black-footed Ferret

The black-footed ferret, also known as the American polecat or the prairie dog hunter (Mustela nigripes) is a species of mustelid native to central North America; its historical range stretched from southern Canada to northern Mexico. Its habitat overlaps with that of prairie dogs, and largely consists of prairie, scrubland, and steppe environments.

Black-footed ferrets rely on grasslands for food, and the average adult maintains a territory of 148 acres (60 ha). They are highly solitary, and both males and females will fiercely defend their space from other ferrets. Within this range, the prairie dog hunter feeds almost exclusively on prairie dogs; when prairie dogs aren't available, their diet is supplemented with mice, squirrels, and rabbits. Adults hunt mainly at night, and during the day they will shelter in abandoned prairie dog burrows. While fearsome fighters, both adults and kits are vulnerable to predation from birds of birds of prey, owls, coyotes, badgers, foxes, and bobcats.

Though they generally are not social, American polecats do interact with other polecats once a year to mate, generally in March or April. Females will actively seek out and entice males, and individuals with both sexes likely mate with multiple partners. After mating, the female returns to her territory, and after a 45 day pregnancy she gives birth to a litter of 1-6 kits. The young are blind and deaf at birth, but grow quickly and are weaned at about 6 weeks old. In the fall, they leave their mother to establish their own territories, and reach full maturity by the following year. Adults can live up to 12 years in the wild.

Both male and female black-footed ferrets have similar appearances. Like other ferrets, they have an elongated body and triangular head, to better help them squeeze into small burrows in search of prey. The paws, the tip of the tail, and patches around the eyes are marked in black; the rest of the body is tan, russet, or brown with a light cream underbelly. The average adult measures 50 cm (19.7 cm) long and weighs 650 g (1.43 lb); females are slightly smaller than males.

Conservation status: M. nigripes is considered Engangered by the IUCN. Threats come from habitat destruction and the decimation of their primary food source, as well as human-introduced disease. There is only one known wild population left, though there are a number of captive-bred populations in zoos and reintroduction programs. One group, currently run by Native Americal tribal biologists, is raising funds to continue their work restoring black-footed ferrets to their native habitats (April 18, 205).

Photos

Clyde Nishimura

J. Michael Lockhart

Chris Prague

[vuelode-irbis]

Day 06 - stoat (Mustela erminea)

[ID: a stoat drawn digitally over the photo of a notebook with a math grid. The animal is coming down from a dead trunk and looking up at the expectator, the grass, flowers and trunk are only lines. The stoat is the only colored subject. It's scientific name, Mustela erminea, is written above its back. End ID]

Maystelid

Disclaimer: stoats aren't from Mexico, the note at the top is unrelated.

[verbrannt74]

Curious noodle says hi!

[raw-wild]

Mink & Snowy Owl | Ginette Kew

[soggyskinflaps]

Mustelidae family in a nutshell

[mammalianmammals]

Yellow-throated Marten (Martes flavigula), family Mustelidae, Cambodia

photographs via: Wildlife Alliance