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Mustelinae

Tayra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	Mustelinae
Genera and species
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Mustelinae range

Mustelinae is a polyphyletic^[1] subfamily of family Mustelidae and includes wolverines, weasels, ferrets, martens, minks, and similar carnivorous mammals of Order Carnivora.

Extant species of Mustelinae

Subfamily Mustelinae

Genus Arctonyx
- Hog badger, Arctonyx collaris
Genus Eira
- Tayra, Eira barbara
Genus Galictis (Grisón)
- Greater grison, Galictis vittata
- Lesser grison, Galictis cuja
Genus Gulo
- Wolverine, Gulo gulo
Genus Ictonyx
- Striped polecat, Ictonyx striatus
- Saharan striped polecat, Ictonyx libycus
Genus Lyncodon
- Patagonian weasel, Lyncodon patagonicus
Genus Martes (Sable, Fishers and Martens)
- American marten, Martes americana
- Yellow-throated marten, Martes flavigula
- Beech marten, Martes foina
- Nilgiri marten, Martes gwatkinsii
- Pine marten, Martes martes
- Japanese marten, Martes melampus
- Fisher, Martes pennanti
- Sable, Martes zibellina
Genus Meles
- Japanese badger, Meles anakuma
- Asian badger, Meles leucurus
- European badger, Meles meles
Genus Mellivora
- Honey badger, Mellivora capensis
Genus Melogale (Ferret badgers)
- Bornean ferret-badger, Melogale everetti
- Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata
- Javan ferret-badger, Melogale orientalis
- Burmese ferret-badger, Melogale personata
Genus Mustela (Weasels, Ferrets, European Mink and Stoats)
- Amazon weasel, Mustela africana
- Mountain weasel, Mustela altaica
- Stoat / Ermine, Mustela erminea
- Steppe polecat, Mustela eversmannii
- Colombian weasel, Mustela felipei
- Long-tailed weasel, Mustela frenata
- Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi
- Yellow-bellied weasel, Mustela kathiah
- European mink, Mustela lutreola
- Indonesian mountain weasel, Mustela lutreolina
- Black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes
- Least weasel, Mustela nivalis
- Malayan weasel, Mustela nudipes
- European polecat, Mustela putorius
  - Domesticated ferret, Mustela putorius furo
- Siberian weasel, Mustela sibirica
- Back-striped weasel, Mustela strigidorsa
- Egyptian weasel, Mustela subpalmata
Genus Neovison
- American mink, Neovison vison
- Sea mink, Neovison macrodon (19th century †)
Genus Poecilogale
- African striped weasel, Poecilogale albinucha
Genus Taxidea
- American badger, Taxidea taxus
Genus Vormela
- Marbled polecat, Vormela peregusna

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References

Wikispecies has information related to: Mustelinae

^ Koepfli KP, Deere KA, Slater GJ et al (2008). "Multigene phylogeny of the Mustelidae: Resolving relationships, tempo and biogeographic history of a mammalian adaptive radiation". BMC Biol. 6: 4–5. doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-10. PMC 2276185. PMID 18275614. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2276185.

Extant Carnivora species

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria

Suborder Feliformia

Nandiniidae

Nandinia	African palm civet (N. binotata)

Herpestidae
(Mongooses)

Atilax	Marsh Mongoose (A. paludinosus)

Bdeogale	Bushy-tailed Mongoose (B. crassicauda) Jackson's Mongoose (B. jacksoni) Black-footed Mongoose (B. nigripes)

Crossarchus	Alexander's Kusimanse (C. alexandri) Angolan Kusimanse (C. ansorgei) Common Kusimanse (C. obscurus) Flat-headed Kusimanse (C. platycephalus)

Cynictis	Yellow Mongoose (C. penicillata)

Dologale	Pousargues's Mongoose (D. dybowskii)

Galerella	Angolan Slender Mongoose (G. flavescens) Somalian Slender Mongoose (G. ochracea) Cape Gray Mongoose (G. pulverulenta) Slender Mongoose (G. sanguinea)

Helogale	Ethiopian Dwarf Mongoose (H. hirtula) Common Dwarf Mongoose (H. parvula)

Herpestes	Short-tailed Mongoose (H. brachyurus) Indian Gray Mongoose (H. edwardsii) Indian Brown Mongoose (H. fuscus) Egyptian Mongoose (H. ichneumon) Small Asian Mongoose (H. javanicus) Long-nosed Mongoose (H. naso) Collared Mongoose (H. semitorquatus) Ruddy Mongoose (H. smithii) Crab-eating Mongoose (H. urva) Stripe-necked Mongoose (H. vitticollis)

Ichneumia	White-tailed Mongoose (I. albicauda)

Liberiictus	Liberian Mongoose (L. kuhni)

Mungos	Gambian Mongoose (M. gambianus) Banded Mongoose (M. mungo)

Paracynictis	Selous' Mongoose (P. selousi)

Rhynchogale	Meller's Mongoose (R. melleri)

Suricata	Meerkat (S. suricatta)

Hyaenidae
(Hyenas)

Crocuta	Spotted Hyena (C. crocuta)

Hyaena	Brown Hyena (H. brunnea) Striped Hyena (H. hyaena)

Proteles	Aardwolf (P. cristatus)

Felidae

Large family listed below

Viverridae

Large family listed below

Eupleridae

Small family listed below

Family Felidae

Felinae

Acinonyx	Cheetah (A. jubatus)

Caracal	Caracal (C. caracal)

Felis	Chinese Mountain Cat (F. bieti) Cat (F. catus) Jungle Cat (F. chaus) Pallas' Cat (F. manul) Sand Cat (F. margarita) Black-footed Cat (F. nigripes) Wildcat (F. silvestris)

Leopardus	Pantanal Cat (L. braccatus) Colocolo (L. colocolo) Geoffroy's Cat (L. geoffroyi) Kodkod (L. guigna) Andean Mountain Cat (L. jacobitus) Pampas Cat (L. pajeros) Ocelot (L. pardalis) Oncilla (L. tigrinus) Margay (L. wiedii)

Leptailurus	Serval (L. serval)

Lynx	Canadian Lynx (L. canadensis) Eurasian Lynx (L. lynx) Iberian Lynx (L. pardinus) Bobcat (L. rufus)

Pardofelis	Marbled Cat (P. marmorata) Bay Cat (P. badia) Asian Golden Cat (P. temminckii)

Prionailurus	Leopard Cat (P. bengalensis) Iriomote Cat (P. iriomotensis) Flat-headed Cat (P. planiceps) Rusty-spotted Cat (P. rubiginosus) Fishing Cat (P. viverrinus)

Profelis	African Golden Cat (P. aurata)

Puma	Cougar (P. concolor) Jaguarundi (P. yagouaroundi)

Pantherinae

Panthera	Lion (P. leo) Jaguar (P. onca) Leopard (P. pardus) Tiger (P. tigris)

Uncia	Snow leopard (U. uncia)

Neofelis	Clouded leopard (N. nebulosa) Sunda Clouded Leopard (N. diardi)

Family Viverridae (includes Civets)

Paradoxurinae

Arctictis	Binturong (A. binturong)

Arctogalidia	Small-toothed Palm Civet (A. trivirgata)

Macrogalidia	Sulawesi Palm Civet (M. musschenbroekii)

Paguma	Masked Palm Civet (P. larvata)

Paradoxurus	Golden Wet-zone Palm Civet (P. aureus) Asian Palm Civet (P. hermaphroditus) Jerdon's Palm Civet (P. jerdoni) Golden Palm Civet (P. zeylonensis)

Hemigalinae

Chrotogale	Owston's Palm Civet (C. owstoni)

Cynogale	Otter Civet (C. bennettii)

Diplogale	Hose's Palm Civet (D. hosei)

Hemigalus	Banded Palm Civet (H. derbyanus)

Prionodontinae
(Asiatic linsangs)

Prionodon	Banded Linsang (P. linsang) Spotted Linsang (P. pardicolor)

Viverrinae

Civettictis	African Civet (C. civetta)

Genetta (Genets)	Abyssinian genet (G. abyssinica) Angolan Genet (G. angolensis) Bourlon's Genet (G. bourloni) Crested Servaline Genet (G. cristata) Common Genet (G. genetta) Johnston's Genet (G. johnstoni) Rusty-spotted Genet (G. maculata) Pardine Genet (G. pardina) Aquatic Genet (G. piscivora) King Genet (G. poensis) Servaline Genet (G. servalina) Haussa Genet (G. thierryi) Cape Genet (G. tigrina) Giant Forest Genet (G. victoriae)

Poiana	Leighton's Linsang (P. leightoni) African Linsang (P. richardsonii)

Viverra	Malabar Large-spotted Civet (V. civettina) Large-spotted Civet (V. megaspila) Malayan Civet (V. tangalunga) Large Indian Civet (V. zibetha)

Viverricula	Small Indian Civet (V. indica)

Family Eupleridae

Euplerinae

Cryptoprocta	Fossa (C. ferox)

Eupleres	Falanouc (E. goudotii)

Fossa	Malagasy Civet (F. fossana)

Galidiinae

Galidia	Ring-tailed Mongoose (G. elegans)

Galidictis	Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose (G. fasciata) Grandidier's Mongoose (G. grandidieri)

Mungotictis	Narrow-striped Mongoose (M. decemlineata)

Salanoia	Brown-tailed mongoose (S. concolor) Durrell's vontsira (S. durrelli)

Suborder Caniformia (cont. below)

Ursidae
(Bears)

Ailuropoda	Giant panda (A. melanoleuca)

Helarctos	Sun bear (H. malayanus)

Melursus	Sloth bear (M. ursinus)

Tremarctos	Spectacled bear (T. ornatus)

Ursus	American black bear (U. americanus) Brown bear (U. arctos) Grizzly bear (U. arctos horribilis) Polar bear (U. maritimus) Kodiak bear (U. arctos middendorffi) Asian black bear (U. thibetanus)

Mephitidae
(Skunks)

Conepatus (Hog-nosed skunks)	Molina's hog-nosed skunk (C. chinga) Humboldt's hog-nosed skunk (C. humboldtii) American hog-nosed skunk (C. leuconotus) Striped hog-nosed skunk (C. semistriatus)

Mephitis	Hooded skunk (M. macroura) Striped skunk (M. mephitis)

Mydaus	Sunda stink badger (M. javanensis) Palawan stink badger (M. marchei)

Spilogale (Spotted skunks)	Southern spotted skunk (S. angustifrons) Western spotted skunk (S. gracilis) Eastern spotted skunk (S. putorius) Pygmy spotted skunk (S. pygmaea)

Procyonidae

Bassaricyon (Olingos)	Allen's Olingo (B. alleni) Beddard's Olingo (B. beddardi) Bushy-tailed olingo (B. gabbii) Harris's Olingo (B. lasius) Chiriqui Olingo (B. pauli)

Bassariscus	Ring-tailed Cat (B. astutus) Cacomistle (B. sumichrasti)

Nasua (Coatis inclusive)	White-nosed Coati (N. narica) South American Coati (N. nasua)

Nasuella (Coatis inclusive)	Western Mountain Coati (N. olivacea) Eastern Mountain Coati (N. meridensis)

Potos	Kinkajou (P. flavus)

Procyon	Crab-eating Raccoon (P. cancrivorus) Raccoon (P. lotor) Cozumel Raccoon (P. pygmaeus)

Ailuridae

Ailurus	Red panda (A. fulgens)

Suborder Caniformia (cont. above)

Otariidae
(Eared seals)
(includes fur seals
and sea lions)
(Pinniped inclusive)

Arctocephalus	South American fur seal (A. australis) Australasian fur seal (A. forsteri) Galápagos fur seal (A. galapagoensis) Antarctic fur seal (A. gazella) Juan Fernández fur seal (A. philippii) Brown fur seal (A. pusillus) Guadalupe fur seal (A. townsendi) Subantarctic fur seal (A. tropicalis)

Callorhinus	Northern fur seal (C. ursinus)

Eumetopias	Steller sea lion (E. jubatus)

Neophoca	Australian sea lion (N. cinerea)

Otaria	South American sea lion (O. flavescens)

Phocarctos	New Zealand sea lion (P. hookeri)

Zalophus	California sea lion (Z. californianus) Galápagos sea lion (Z. wollebaeki)

Odobenidae
(Pinniped inclusive)

Odobenus	Walrus (O. rosmarus)

Phocidae
(Earless seals)
(Pinniped inclusive)

Cystophora	Hooded seal (C. cristata)

Erignathus	Bearded seal (E. barbatus)

Halichoerus	Gray seal (H. grypus)

Histriophoca	Ribbon seal (H. fasciata)

Hydrurga	Leopard seal (H. leptonyx)

Leptonychotes	Weddell seal (L. weddellii)

Lobodon	Crabeater seal (L. carcinophagus)

Mirounga (Elephant seals)	Northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris) Southern elephant seal (M. leonina)

Monachus	Mediterranean monk seal (M. monachus) Hawaiian monk seal (M. schauinslandi)

Ommatophoca	Ross seal (O. rossi)

Pagophilus	Harp seal (P. groenlandicus)

Phoca	Spotted seal (P. largha) Harbor seal (P. vitulina)

Pusa	Caspian seal (P. caspica) Ringed seal (P. hispida) Baikal seal (P. sibirica)

Canidae

Large family listed below

Mustelidae

Large family listed below

Family Canidae

Atelocynus	Short-eared dog (A. microtis)

Canis	Side-striped jackal (C. adustus) Golden jackal (C. aureus) Coyote (C. latrans) Gray wolf (C. lupus) Dog (C. lupus familiaris) Black-backed jackal (C. mesomelas) Red wolf (C. rufus) Ethiopian wolf (C. simensis)

Cerdocyon	Crab-eating fox (C. thous)

Chrysocyon	Maned wolf (C. brachyurus)

Cuon	Dhole (C. alpinus)

Lycalopex	Culpeo (L. culpaeus) Darwin's fox (L. fulvipes) South American gray fox (L. griseus) Pampas fox (L. gymnocercus) Sechuran fox (L. sechurae) Hoary fox (L. vetulus)

Lycaon	African wild dog (L. pictus)

Nyctereutes	Raccoon dog (N. procyonoides)

Otocyon	Bat-eared fox (O. megalotis)

Speothos	Bush dog (S. venaticus)

Urocyon	Gray fox (U. cinereoargenteus) Island fox (U. littoralis)

Vulpes	Bengal fox (V. bengalensis) Blanford's fox (V. cana) Cape fox (V. chama) Corsac fox (V. corsac) Tibetan sand fox (V. ferrilata) Arctic fox (V. lagopus) Kit fox (V. macrotis) Pale fox (V. pallida) Rüppell's fox (V. rueppelli) Swift fox (V. velox) Red fox (V. vulpes) Fennec fox (V. zerda)

Family Mustelidae

Lutrinae
(Otters)

Aonyx	African clawless otter (A. capensis) Oriental small-clawed otter (A. cinerea)

Enhydra	Sea otter (E. lutris)

Hydrictis	Spotted-necked otter (H. maculicollis)

Lontra	North American river otter (L. canadensis) Marine otter (L. felina) Neotropical otter (L. longicaudis) Southern river otter (L. provocax)

Lutra	European otter (L. lutra) Hairy-nosed otter (L. sumatrana)

Lutrogale	Smooth-coated otter (L. perspicillata)

Pteronura	Giant otter (P. brasiliensis)

Mustelinae
(including badgers)

Arctonyx	Hog badger (A. collaris)

Eira	Tayra (E. barbara)

Galictis	Lesser grison (G. cuja) Greater grison (G. vittata)

Gulo	Wolverine (G. gulo)

Ictonyx	Saharan striped polecat (I. libyca) Striped polecat (I. striatus)

Lyncodon	Patagonian weasel (L. patagonicus)

Martes (Martens)	American marten (M. americana) Yellow-throated marten (M. flavigula) Beech marten (M. foina) Nilgiri marten (M. gwatkinsii) European pine marten (M. martes) Japanese marten (M. melampus) Fisher (M. pennanti) Sable (M. zibellina)

Meles	Japanese badger (M. anakuma) Asian badger (M. leucurus) European badger (M. meles)

Mellivora	Honey badger (M. capensis)

Melogale (Ferret-badgers)	Bornean ferret-badger (M. everetti) Chinese ferret-badger (M. moschata) Javan ferret-badger (M. orientalis) Burmese ferret-badger (M. personata)

Mustela (Weasels)	Amazon weasel (M. africana) Mountain weasel (M. altaica) Stoat (M. erminea) Steppe polecat (M. eversmannii) Colombian weasel (M. felipei) Long-tailed weasel (M. frenata) Japanese weasel (M. itatsi) Yellow-bellied weasel (M. kathiah) European mink (M. lutreola) Indonesian mountain weasel (M. lutreolina) Black-footed ferret (M. nigripes) Least weasel (M. nivalis) Malayan weasel (M. nudipes) European polecat (M. putorius) Siberian weasel (M. sibirica) Back-striped weasel (M. strigidorsa) Egyptian weasel (M. subpalmata)

Neovison (Minks)	American mink (N. vison)

Poecilogale	African striped weasel (P. albinucha)

Taxidea	American badger (T. taxus)

Vormela	Marbled polecat (V. peregusna)

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