Mike Bostrom asked: >Dogs are canines, cats are felines, cows are bovine, wolves are lupine, >horses are equine. What are ferrets? Mustelids -- musteline, as an adjective. Members of the family Mustelidae, along with otters, skunks, weasels, stoats, ermine, fishers, badgers, and so on. -- - Pam Greene Ferret Central <http://www.optics.rochester.edu:8080/users/pgreene/> or send INDEX FERRET in email to <[log in to unmask]> [Posted in FML issue 1959]