Japanese otter
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Dating back to the 1880s, it was once even seen in Tokyo. The population suddenly shrank in the 1930s and nearly vanished. Since then, it has only been spotted in 1964 in the Seto Inland Sea, and in t
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Skeleton of Japanese river otter. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo.
Mustelidae
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The Mustelidae are a diverse family of carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, sea otters, polecats, martens, grisons and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids, they form the larges
Japanese otter
…status Extinct (2012) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae Genus: Lutra Subgenus: Lutra Species: †L. nippon Binomial name †Lutra nippon Imaizumi & Yoshiyuki, 1989 Synonyms Lutra lutra nippon Skeleton of Japanese…
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Skeleton of a black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) on display at the Museum of Osteology
Stoat killing a rabbit
Detail from Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine (c. 1489–1490)