Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) Animal Safari binturong
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Well, now I'm flat confused. I just checked Britannica and read this:
"The family Mustelidae contains a variety of animals unmatched by any other family in the Carnivora except the civets (Viverridae). The family includes the weasels, ferrets, mink (see photograph ), marten, fisher, skunks (see photograph ), wolverine (see photograph ), otters (see photograph ), badgers (see photograph ), and a number of less well-known animals, a total of about 70 species in 25 genera. " (emphasis mine)
Yet the Britannaic article indicated that the skunk is part of the Mustelidae. And it's also part of the civet group? That's where I'm lost. Is a skunk not part of the civet group?
I'm confused.
One thing, fersure: That binturong looks like a weasel!
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted binturong wwh 11/24/02 06:11 PM Re: binturong tsuwm 11/24/02 06:30 PM Re: binturong Wordwind 11/24/02 10:01 PM Re: binturong Buffalo Shrdlu 11/24/02 10:19 PM Re: binturong Buffalo Shrdlu 11/24/02 10:22 PM Re: binturong Wordwind 11/24/02 10:27 PM Re: binturong Buffalo Shrdlu 11/24/02 10:36 PM Re: binturong Wordwind 11/24/02 10:47 PM Re: skunks=civets? Buffalo Shrdlu 11/24/02 10:54 PM Re: skunks=civets? Wordwind 11/24/02 10:58 PM Re: skunks=civets? Buffalo Shrdlu 11/24/02 11:11 PM Re:help to spellers wwh 11/25/02 12:21 AM Re: skunks=civets? Faldage 11/25/02 12:07 PM Re: skunks=civets? Buffalo Shrdlu 11/25/02 01:40 PM Re: skunks=civets? Faldage 11/25/02 02:00 PM Re: skunks=civets? Wordwind 11/25/02 02:28 PM Re: skunks=civets? Buffalo Shrdlu 11/25/02 08:53 PM Re: skunks=civets? wwh 11/25/02 09:52 PM Re: binturong Faldage 11/24/02 10:54 PM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,371Members9,182 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV
9,182 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 793 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 24
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,561tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,919Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org