Assertion: skunk | /r/HasProperty | part of the weasel family
Facets:
value: previously
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: For a long time, skunks’ squat body shape and long digging claws led scientists to believe that skunks were part of the weasel family.
text: Skunks were previously considered as part of the weasel family (Mustelidae) but DNA research has placed them in their own family, Mephitidae.
text: This is useful for the polecat, a member of the weasel family, as playing dead is the next trick in its playbook if its smell proves ineffective.
text: For a long time, skunks’ squat body shape and long digging claws led scientists to believe that skunks were part of the weasel family.
text: Skunks were previously considered as part of the weasel family (Mustelidae) but DNA research has placed them in their own family, Mephitidae.