Mustelinae Fischer 1817

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 605

Mustelinae Fischer 1817

Mustelinae Fischer 1817 , Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscow, 5: 372.

Genera: 15 genera with 46 species:

Genus Arctonyx F. G. Cuvier 1825 (1 species with 6 subspecies)

Genus Eira C. E. H. Smith 1842 (1 species with 9 subspecies)

Genus Galictis Bell 1826 (2 species with 8 subspecies)

Genus Gulo Pallas 1780 (1 species with 6 subspecies)

Genus Ictonyx Kaup 1835 (2 species with 23 subspecies)

Genus Lyncodon Gervais 1845 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Martes Pinel 1792 (8 species with 63 subspecies)

Genus Meles Brisson 1762 (3 species with 13 subspecies)

Genus Mellivora Storr 1780 (1 species with 12 subspecies)

Genus Melogale I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1831 (4 species with 14 subspecies)

Genus Mustela Linnaeus 1758 (17 species with 139 subspecies)

Genus Neovison Baryshnikov and Abramov 1997 (2 species with 15 subspecies)

Genus Poecilogale Thomas 1883 (1 species with 5 subspecies)

Genus Taxidea Waterhouse 1838 (1 species with 5 subspecies)

Genus Vormela Blasius 1884 (1 species with 5 subspecies)

Discussion: Includes taxa traditionally included elsewhere ( Melinae, Guloninae, Taxidiinae, and Mellivorinae ); see comments under family heading.