Mustela putorius vs mustelid

Mustela putorius and mustelid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Mustela putorius	Yes	No	No	No
mustelid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mustelid is a hypernym of Mustela putorius; that is, mustelid is a word with a broader meaning than Mustela putorius:

Mustela putorius: dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
mustelid: fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals

Other hypernyms of Mustela putorius include musteline, musteline mammal.

Mustela putorius (noun)	mustelid (noun)
dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened	fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals