Iyalin mustelid sun hada da nau'ikan nau'ikan ferrets 55, badgers, martens, otters, wolverines da sauran dabbobi. Weasels masu cin nama ne, ana samun su a yankunan duniya da na ruwa a duk duniya, ban da Australia, Antarctica da mafi yawan tsibirai na teku. Yawancinsu, kamar su mink, an kama su ko kuma an tashe su don ɓoyewa.
Maza sun fi mata girma; tsakanin wasu jinsunan, mazan sun ninka kusan biyu. Jiki mai tsayi ba ya riƙe zafi kamar kuma jikin kaya mai nauyin nauyi ɗaya kuma, sabili da haka, weasels suna da babban aiki, don haka suna da masaniya, suna cikin neman ganima.
Jafananci marten
Nilgirian marten
Pine marten
Dutse marten
Amurkan Amurka
Ruwan tabarau
Bature na Turai
Mink na Amurka
Ermine
Weasel
Afirka weasel
Patagonian weasel
Arewacin Afirka weasel
Dogon yatsan weasel
Weasel mai launin rawaya
Wearamin sako
Farar hular weasel
Asasar Colombia
Sable
Badger
Sauran wakilan mustelids masu cin nama
Badger zuma badger
Badger na Amurka
Burma ta ferre badger
Bajat din jirgin kasar Sin
Alade alade
Steppe ferret
Baki mai kafafu
Gandun daji
Otter
Gano otter
Sumatran otter
Mai gashi mai laushi
Babbar otter
Kanada Kanada
Tekun teku
Otter na Indiya
Kudancin Amurka otter
Kogin otter
Gabas ta gabas mara tsabta
Afirka maras faɗi otter
Cat otter
Wolverine
Miya tufafi
Tekun teku
Taguwar dabba
Tsuntsun dabba
Patagonian dabbar skunk
Farar dabbar
Babban Grisons
Gananan grisons
Tyra
Zorilla
Kharza
Ilka
Shafi
Solongoy
Teledu
Bidiyo game da masu farauta daga dangin shahidai
Kammalawa
Muswayoyi da yawa suna da doguwar jiki, gajerun kafafu da ƙarfi, mai kauri tare da ƙaramin kai da ƙwayoyin ƙyallen maƙarƙashiya. Yatsun kafa biyar a kowane ƙafa sanye take da kaifi, waɗanda ba za a iya ja da su ba. Kodayake mustelids masu cin nama ne, amma wasu daga cikinsu suna cin ciyayi, galibi 'ya'yan itace ko' ya'yan itace.
Canananan canines da kaifin molar da premolars suna taimakawa tauna kan ɓawon burodi, molluscs da kifi.
Alaƙar da ke tsakanin maza da mata a lokacin saduwa gajere ne. Mating yana faruwa ne galibi a lokacin bazara, kuma a yawancin nau'ikan, ana haifar da kwayaye yayin haifuwa. Mata na kiwon kananan dabbobi su kadai.
