Monday Mustelid #31

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Japanese badger - Meles anakuma Temminck 1844

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Eurasian badger Meles meles L.Click for big version - they’re cute. Way cute
Your Monday Mustelid is the Patagonian weasel, Lyncodon patagonicus (de Blainville 1842). Unfortunately, I can't find a picture of the little blighter anywhere. Instead, here's a picture of a Eurasian badger (Meles meles) cub ...

Anakuma thinks:

We wish we had some hedgehog.
T'wood be like some little dolls
And look like them is we.

By Crudely Wrott (not verified) on 24 Sep 2008 #permalink