Guloninae
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Guloninae is a subfamily of the mammal family Mustelidae distributed across Eurasia and the Americas. It includes martens, fishers, the tayra, and the wolverine. These genera were formerly included within a paraphyletic definition of the mustelid subfamily Mustelinae.
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- Parent taxon
- Mustelidae
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- taxon name
- Guloninae
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- subfamily
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- Category:Guloninae
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Guloninae is a subfamily of the mammal family Mustelidae distributed across Eurasia and the Americas. It includes martens, fishers, the tayra, and the wolverine. These genera were formerly included within a paraphyletic definition of the mustelid subfamily Mustelinae.
Most gulonine species are arboreal to a degree. Some of the fashion furs come from this subfamily, e.g. sable, marten.
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