To continue with our furry friend the stoat,
From wikipedia:
The Mustelidae (from Latin mustela, weasel) are a family of carnivorous mammals, including the otter, badger, weasel, marten, ferret, mink and wolverine. Mustelids are diverse and the largest family in the order Carnivora. The internal classification is still disputed, with rival proposals containing between two and eight subfamilies.
Otter=oter, badger=grevling, weasel, marten=mår, ferret=frett, polecat =ilder, mink=mink and wolverine=jerv. Martens and minks are from the Americas, but we see from the wiki-quote that determining the number of species are difficult today, so it must surly have been difficult in the past, if you look at how much the tame animals(bu-fe) vary. The polecat and the tame ferret look the same to amateurs, except for size.
So one way to group animals is if they are related or not, and another is if they are tame or not.
A thirds is if they built or bored a BO or BOL in the middle of their turf, and that they defended against parasitism of their own kind. Animals that claim exclusive territorial rights are usually made to be seen by competitors, so they signal that messing with me will mean trouble.
Aposematism (from Greek ἀπό apo away, σ̑ημα sema sign, coined by Edward Bagnall Poulton[1][2]), perhaps most commonly known in the context of warning coloration, describes a family of antipredator adaptations in which a warning signal is associated with the unprofitability of a prey item to potential predators.[3] Aposematism is one form of an “advertising” signal (with many others existing, such as the bright colours of flowers which lure pollinators). The warning signal may take the form of conspicuous colours, sounds, odours[4] or other perceivable characteristics. Aposematic signals are beneficial for both the predator and prey, both of which avoid potential harm.
Aposematism is exploited in Müllerian mimicry, where species with strong defences evolve to resemble one another. By mimicking similarly coloured species, the warning signal to predators is shared, causing them to learn more quickly at less of a cost to each of the species.
As we have covered before, the function of a disruptive pattern is to prevent the first recognition of an object by sight… irregular patches of contrasted colors and tones … tend to catch the eye of the observer and to draw his attention away from the shape which bears them.
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