Guloninae is a

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of the mammal

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Mustelidae The Mustelidae (; from Latin ''mustela'', weasel) are a family of carnivorous mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, ferrets, martens, minks and wolverines, among others. Mustelids () are a diverse group and form the largest family in ...

distributed across

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and the

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. It includes

marten A marten is a weasel-like mammal in the genus ''Martes'' within the subfamily Guloninae, in the family Mustelidae. They have bushy tails and large paws with partially retractile claws. The fur varies from yellowish to dark brown, depending on t ...

s and the

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tayra The tayra (''Eira barbara'') is an omnivorous animal from the weasel family, native to the Americas. It is the only species in the genus ''Eira''. Tayras are also known as the ''tolomuco'' or ''perico ligero'' in Central America, ''motete'' in ...

and

wolverine The wolverine (), (''Gulo gulo''; ''Gulo'' is Latin for "gluttony, glutton"), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, or quickhatch (from East Cree, ''kwiihkwahaacheew''), is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae. It is ...

. These genera were formerly included within a

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definition of the mustelid subfamily

Mustelinae Mustelinae is a subfamily of family Mustelidae, which includes weasels, ferrets and minks. __TOC__ It was formerly defined in a paraphyletic manner to also include wolverines, martens, and many other mustelids, to the exclusion of the ott ...

. Most gulonine species are

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to a degree. Some of the fashion furs come from this subfamily, e.g. sable, marten.

Species

Extant species

Extinct genera

*†'' Aragonictis'' Valenciano et al., 2022 - Middle Miocene Europe ** ''A. araid'' *†'' Circamustela'' Petter, 1967 - Middle to Late Miocene Europe ** ''C. dechaseauxi'' ** ''C. peignei'' ** ''C.? laevidens'' *†'' Dehmictis'' Ginsburg and Morales, 1992 - Early Miocene Europe *†'' Eiricitis'' - Early Pliocene Asia ** ''E. pachygnatha'' *†'' Laphictis'' Viret, 1933 *†'' Ischyrictis'' Helbing, 1930 *†''

Plesiogulo ''Plesiogulo'' is a genus of prehistoric carnivore that lived from Miocene to Pliocene of Africa, Eurasia and North America. An ancestral relationship to the wolverine (''Gulo gulo'') was once suggested, but it is no longer considered likely. How ...

''? Zdansky, 1924 - Middle Miocene to Pliocene ** ''P. brachygnathus'' (Schlosser, 1903) ** ''P. botori'' Haile-Selassie, Hlusko & Howell, 2004 ** ''P. crassa'' Teilhard de Chardin, 1945 ** ''P. marshalli'' (Martin, 1928) ** ''P. lindsayi'' Harrison, 1981 ** ''P. monspessulanus'' Viret, 1939 ** ''P. praecocidens'' Kurtén, 1970 *†'' Sinictis'' Zdansky, 1924 ** ''S. dolichognathus'' *†'' Sminthosinis'' Bjork, 1970 - Middle Miocene North America ** ''S. bowleri''

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Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{carnivora-stub