| Guloninae | |
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| Yellow-throated marten (M. flavigula) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Guloninae J.E.Gray, 1825[1] |
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Guloninae[2][3] is asubfamily of the mammalfamilyMustelidae distributed acrossEurasia and theAmericas. It includesmartens,fishers,tayras, and thewolverine.[2][3] These genera were formerly included within aparaphyletic definition of the mustelid subfamilyMustelinae.[4]
Most gulonine species arearboreal to a degree. Some of thefashion furs come from this subfamily, e.g. sable, marten.[5]
| Tribe | Image | Genus | Living species |
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| Gulonini | EiraHamilton Smith, 1842 |
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| GuloPallas, 1780 |
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| Martini | MartesPinel, 1792 (martens) |
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| PekaniaGray, 1865 |
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