#ictonychine

[wintermephitidae]

Fun Fact: Young grisons can be tamed easily, so they were historically used to capture chinchillas.

Photo of Lesser Grison by Gustavo Fernando Durán, used under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Original source: https://inaturalist.org/observations/101295659

[wintermephitidae]

Fun Facts: In addition to spraying a strong-smelling liquid, the zorilla can play dead as a secondary defense. It is not a skunk (Mephitidae), but rather belongs to the related mustelid family. They are closely related to grisons, which I posted about last time!

Fun Facts: In addition to spraying a strong-smelling liquid, the zorilla can play dead as a secondary defense. It is not a skunk (Mephitidae), but rather belongs to the related mustelid family. They are closely related to grisons, which I posted about last time.

Photo of Striped Polecat by Ryan Tippett, used under CC BY-NC 4.0. Original source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308214814

[wintermephitidae]

Meet the grison, a member of the weasel superfamily that may look like a tiny honey badger, but its closer relatives are, in reality, zorillas.

Check out the Reddit post for more info!

Photo of Greater Grison by arichards1863, used under CC BY-NC 4.0. Original source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263874032

Photo of Lesser Grison by Hugo, used under CC BY-NC 4.0. Original source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72810993