Talk:List of fictional musteloids

Scope of this page - mustelids or musteloids?
Raccoons and Red Panda's are not mustelids. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.30.180.122 (talk) 03:18, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

If raccoons aren't mustelids, neither are skunks. Per Musteloidea "The Musteloidea consists of the families Ailuridae (red pandas), Mustelidae (mustelids: weasels, otters, martens, and badgers), Procyonidae (procyonids: raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, olinguitos, ringtails and cacomistles), and Mephitidae (skunks)." More recent genetic analysis indicates that Mephitidae are less closely related to Mustelidae than procyonidae. -- Resuna (talk) 17:13, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Raccoons (procyonids), skunks (mephitids) and red pandas (ailurids) are also not mustelids. The Musteloidea article refers to the entire superfamily Musteloidea, collectively referred to as Musteloids. The term mustelid refers ONLY to the mustelidae, that is, weasels, otters, martens, ferrets, badgers, etc. So, this article can be "List of fictional mustelids" and include only animals in the family mustelidae, or it should be "List of fictional musteloids" if there is a desire to keep the species on the list as it is. - Limedestruction (talk) 23:31, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

Looks like raccoons have already been split off. If fictional skunks are a big enough group to get their own page, we can put this issue to bed. -- Resuna (talk) 20:34, 29 December 2015 (UTC)

Oshawott and Dewott are Sea Otters?
Since this means Oshawott and Dewott are sea otters and Samurott are a sea lion, I fear that Oshawott and Dewott should go into the fictional mustelids page, since they are both mustelids. The Good Guy (talk) 19:34, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

This is not a list of fictional mustelids
This is a list of fictional mustelids + fictional skunks - fictional badgers. Does not make much sense, in my opinion. I suspect that this list, as it is, is largely a result of the historical inclusion of the skunks in the mustlids.--MiguelMadeira (talk) 23:17, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Suggestion for seperate "List of fictional skunks" page
Since April 5 of 2020, the skunk section on the List of fictional mustelids in animation page was removed on the basis that skunks did not count as mustlids for several years (edit difference). This creates an inconsistency with the List of fictional mustelids page which still does feature skunks despite the removal on the other page. In addition, the coverage is not as complete due to the removed content. As such, I suggest a "List of fictional skunks" page to be re-created or restored. Matthew Cenance (talk) 04:27, 24 June 2020 (UTC)