#guloninae

[weasel-war-dance]

Eurasian Pine Marten | Joe Sant

[sillyqueerthing]

whatever. starts digging in my tail #mytail

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Suggestion: The Tayra (silly lil mustelid <3)

What a neat animal! Really looks like a slimmer wolverine!

Have you seen the tayra (Eira barbara)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onDec 11, 2025

[spinestoat]

the fisherpilled mustelidmaxxer

[amber-tortoiseshell]

Phylogenetic weasel tournament

Family: Mustelidae

Subfamily: Guloninae

Genus: Gulo, Martes

Choose:

Wolverine (Gulo gulo)

Sable (Martes zibellina)

Voting ended onAug 19, 2024

The winner of the Martes genus vs the winner of the Gulo genus... just kidding, the wolverine, the biggest member of the Mustelidae family is the only species there.

pictures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

[animalids]

Yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula)

Photo by Gerard de Jong

[dendroica]

A sable at the Baikal nature reserve in the village of Tankhoi, part of the Lake Baikal World Heritage Site

Photograph: Andrei Ogorodnik/TASS/Getty Images

(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)

[weasel-war-dance]

Eurasian Pine Marten | Domenico Margarese