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    Quote Originally Posted by jager08 View Post
    Per many soursed on the web they are distant relatives ......

    http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Are_ferret...ed_to_mongoose
    For furthur elaboration, they are both in the same order of Carnivora. Same could be said about tigers, wolves, and bears, etc etc. By your logic, that means they're all cousins of the mongoose?? Your link states thy are related by being in this order.
    Thy are all in the same order. Different families however. Carnivora just means they're all carnivores. They have to be in the same family to be considered a cousin and what not. So
    To be related to a ferret, you have to be in the family of Mustelidaes.

    Look up Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family,Genus, Species.
    There are different levels of classification from species being more related and kingdom being least related. Animals can be in the same level, but still not be related. Like being in the same kingdom would just mean they are all Animals. Being in the same phylum means they all are chordates and have a spine. They also share class and order by being mammals and carnivores. This is where it gets specific. Family, genus, species.
    Family classifies animals with their closely related cousins. So for example, all types of canines are in Canidae family. Genus gets more specific, so like wolves are separated from coyotes and other canines. And species is the specific animal. For example, the grey wolf is a specific species of wolf.

    So with that said, ferrets and mongoose end their relationship at Carnivora.

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    Last edited by satomi325; 01-29-2012 at 03:49 PM.

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