What is Mustelinae?
{{Automatic taxobox | name = Mustelinae | image = MinkforWiki.jpg | image_caption = [[American mink]] | taxon = Mustelinae | authority = [[Johann Fischer von Waldheim|G. Fischer de Waldheim]], 1817 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = *''[[Mustela]]'' *''[[Neovison]]'' | range_map = Mustelinae range.png | range_map_caption = Mustelinae range }} The '''Mustelinae''' is a large [[subfamily]] of [[mustelids]]. [[sequence analysis|Genetic analysis]] shows it is [[polyphyletic]],<ref>{{cite journal |author=Koepfli K.P. |display-authors = etal |title=Multigene phylogeny of the Mustelidae: resolving relationships, tempo and biogeographic history of a mammalian adaptive radiation |journal=BMC Biol. |volume=6 |pages=4–5 |year=2008 |pmid=18275614 |doi=10.1186/1741-7007-6-10 |doi-access = free |pmc=2276185 }}</ref> so it will probably be split down into proper [[clades]]. Until then, it contains: *[[Weasel]]s *[[Ferret]]s *[[Mink]]s *[[Wolverine]]s *[[Marten]]s *[[Badger]]s *[[Polecat]]s *[[Stoat]]s and various other mustelids. == References == {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Mustelids]]