mustelids

But what ultimately pushed them to nearly going extinct was the introduction of very effective mammalian predators (mustelids).

The animals to focus on would be minks and other mustelids or raccoon dogs or other farmed animals.

Then mustelids were introduced, and that was the tipping point, but only in the context of the prior stresses.

We have a classic use case monitoring a network of predator traps (to catch e.g mustelids, rats).

DOC controls them in two ways - firstly by controlling rodent numbers, secondly by directly controlling mustelids.

If we were in the habit of eating mustelids we’d probably already be having that conversation.) I mean, there are _lots_ of potential reasons.

But when the mustelids run out of rats and mice, then they move onto the birds.

A lot of mammals that are quite intelligent have poor vision -- like mustelids, for instance.

Maybe there will be a similar way to inoculate the wild mustelids against Covid one day.

The 1080 drops for rodents works on well on mustelids too, as they tend to eat the dead bodies, and 1080 bioaccumulates.

We're in the process of eliminating all Possums, Rats (3 types) and Mustelids (Stoat, Weasel and Ferrets) with a goal of 2050!

Minks (and other mustelids) are extraordinarily capable of transmitting human respiratory viral diseases.

(If that's your thing, you might enjoy how the Tasmanian tiger is a marsupial that is, from the head, clearly though incorrectly identifiable as a dog.) Though if you look at the words, "viverrids" means [descendants of] ferrets and "mustelids" means [descendants of] weasels, whereas ferrets themselves are taxonomically mustelids, not viverrids.

Mustelids basically drove the kakapo to extinction.

Mustelids tend to prefer small mammals and birds, but they usually vary their diet with insects, fruits, some plants, carrion (I think cats generally don't go in for scavenging, not sure) etc.