There are multiple different species that are included in the Mustelidae family, but the specific ones that are going to be focused on are the Sea Otter, the Sea Mink, and the Wolverine. Each of these animals and the animals ancestors can be classified by looking at the fossils above or the looking at multiple different fossils collected throughout the past years. Within the fossils you will be able to tell that …show more content…
The most common trait it shares with the skunk is the distinctive odor it produces when someone gets to close or when it`s disturbed. The sea mink has large teeth, a longer body size, and coarser fur than some of the other animals in it`s family. The coarser fur helps the mink sustain harder and stronger weather conditions. Unfortunately the sea mink has been the first organism to become extinct due to the hunting and captures of these animals for their fur, which is a huge uncommon thing between this single organism and the rest of the …show more content…
Some external physical traits between the sea otter, sea mink, and wolverine are short legs and dark, dense, oily fur. The density and oil of the fur helps the animals during the winter, they are easily able to stay warm in the winter or while swimming in the sea otters and minks case and they make them resistant to getting frost on their bodies. These animals also share the fact that they have short tails, small eyes, short ears, placental births, mammary glands, and sweat glands.All these. unshared traits help each species/ organism better prepare and be ready for competition and help the species separately adapt to their ecosystem/ environment at their own