The madweasel buddy system begins to gain ground…
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the smallmammallianrevolution has begun!!
we need Top Secret Rules, like -(http://www.doodlinginto.com/despair/?p=270#comment-107)
also maybe…” ‘Weasel’ (or Other Favourate Small Mammallian Lifeforms, i have a particular liking for Wombats at the moment) should be added to any word, event, occasion, name, action or deed at any possible time…’ ”
“Top Secret Rules can be made up, changed, entirely personal, or not, according to individual taste…. Top Secret Rules may or may not apply to any situation that may or may not happen”
LOL!
Love this, have a particular dislike of a certain Weasel person…
I’m afraid Wombats ain’t mammals though – they are marsupials.
Maggie, Tell us of your weasel hatred, and why…
Welcome.
I am a little peturbed at the high percentage of blogopudlians though. Is the entire city banging away at their keyboards 24 hours a day?
ha ha Ferret! a fellow advocate of marsupiality!
(so what are macropods again…?)
🙂
Macropods are a type of marsupial
Wombats are a marsupial of the family Diprotodontia. Below I outline the taxonomy of marsupalia:
There are two primary divisions of Marsupialia: American marsupials and the Australian marsupials. The Order Microbiotheria (which has only one species, the Monito del Monte) is found in South America but is believed to be more closely related to the Australian marsupials.
There are many small, arboreal species in each group. Those in America are often called “opossums”, while many of those in Australia are called “possums”.
* Order Didelphimorphia (93 species)
o Family Didelphidae: opossums
* Order Paucituberculata (6 species)
o Family Caenolestidae: shrew opossums
* Order Microbiotheria (1 species)
o Family Microbiotheriidae: Monito del Monte
* Order Dasyuromorphia (71 species)
o Family Thylacinidae: Thylacine (a.k.a. marsupial wolf, Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanian tiger). Generally considered extinct [3]
o Family Dasyuridae: antechinuses, quolls, dunnarts, Tasmanian Devil, and relatives
o Family Myrmecobiidae: Numbat
* Order Peramelemorphia (24 species)
o Family Thylacomyidae: bilbies
o Family Chaeropodidae: Pig-footed Bandicoot
o Family Peramelidae: bandicoots and allies
* Order Notoryctemorphia (2 species)
o Family Notoryctidae: marsupial moles
* Order Diprotodontia (137 species)
o Family Phascolarctidae: Koala
o Family Vombatidae: wombats
o Family Phalangeridae: brushtail possums and cuscuses
o Family Burramyidae: pygmy possums
o Family Tarsipedidae: Honey Possum
o Family Petauridae: Striped Possum, Leadbeater’s Possum, Yellow-bellied Glider, Sugar Glider, Mahogany Glider, Squirrel Glider
o Family Pseudocheiridae: ringtailed possums and relatives
o Family Potoridae: potoroos, rat kangaroos, bettongs
o Family Acrobatidae: Feathertail Glider
o Family Hypsiprymnodontidae: Musky Rat Kangaroo
o Family Macropodidae: kangaroos, wallabies, and relatives
There you have it.
oh, and marsupials are in fact mammals. I checked. They are referred to as pouched mammals, as opposed to the placental mammals to which all others belong, aside from a few weirdos like platypus and anteaters…
Live and learn.
About mammals.
For whatever reason this gave me a chuckle. Very much needed tonight too…
Blimey, ferret! Knowledge in that detail astounds me. Did you do a degree in biological sciences or something?
I like sloths. Dr. Dork had a lovely picture of one over at his site (http://DrDork.blogspot.com) but I guess they’re a bit too big for the small mammal fraternity. Nevermind, I like badgers and foxes….they’re not too big are they?
Still attracted to sloths though. (sigh)
Katm, wherever chuckles can be had it is a worthy thing.
Sis, I have wikipedia. Therefore I need no knowledge in my brain at all. All the more room for thoughts of cake and death…
Sloths are of the order Pilosa, which the weird group of placental mammals. They get allowances for being weird.
Foxes are canines, like dogs, so they’re not allowed. badgers fine as they’re Mustelidae like weasels et al.
But really, Ians declaration of the club being for small mammals was premature and without the correct procedures and consultations required, nor were 3 members of the governing body present at the declaration.
I nominate instead that the organisation be called the ‘amusing mammals and other such creatures that are seen fit to poke fun at, or look cute’
Mustelidae are cool. But rodents, like squirrels – bit dodgy. Vermin you see…dirty…some rodents can be cute, but often are just nasty.
Obviously the animal membership is going to be a little arbitary and change according to whim. No change there then.
badgers are sooo ursine’s…
like, totally.
they’re like small versions of ground bears (as opposed to ‘big pointy teeth bears’)
you rubberbandicoot!
oops… aren’t ursines pigs?
..
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well, anyway, badgers are small bears.
Badger is the common name for any animal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: the same mammal family as the ferrets, the weasels, the otters, and several other types of carnivore. There are 8 species of badger, in three subfamilies: Melinae (the Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae, (the Ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (the American badger). The Asiatic stink badgers of the genus Mydaus were formerly included in the Melinae, but recent genetic evidence indicates that these are actually Old World relatives of the skunks (family Mephitidae).
Ursines are the bear family yes. But badgers have nothing to do with bears. However Ursidae and Mustelidae do both belong to the order Caniformia, so bears and badgers are on the same genetic tree at least.
Get back in your box squirrel fancier…
…buttbettong
*ahem…
🙂