Mustelinae
| Mustelinae | |
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| American mink | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Mustelinae G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 |
| Genera | |
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| Mustelinae range | |
The Mustelinae is a large subfamily of mustelids. Genetic analysis shows it is polyphyletic,[1] so it will probably be split down into proper clades. Until then, it contains:
and various other mustelids.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Koepfli K.P.; 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.
