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Gulo gulo (wolverine)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Mustela gulo was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Kurten & Anderson 1980 attribute the combination Ursus gulo to Linnaeus, but this is not supported by Anderson 1998 and probably refers to Ursus luscus]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Gulo gulo by Thomas (1911), Hall (1936), Kurten and Rausch (1959), Kurten (1968), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Mead and Mead (1989), Anderson (1998) and Marmi et al. (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mustela gulo Linnaeus p. 45
1758Ursus luscus Linnaeus p. 47
1823Gulo luscus Sabine
1902Gulo luscus Hay p. 768
1911Gulo gulo Thomas p. 138
1911Gulo luscus Thomas p. 139
1914Gulo schlosseri Kormos
1936Gulo gidleyi Hall
1936Gulo gulo Hall
1959Gulo gulo Kurten and Rausch
1968Gulo schlosseri Kurten p. 90
1968Gulo gulo Kurten p. 92
1980Gulo gulo Kurten and Anderson p. 153
1980Gulo schlosseri Kurten and Anderson p. 153
1989Gulo gulo Mead and Mead p. 150
1998Gulo gulo Anderson
2004Gulo gulo Marmi et al. p. 489 figs. Fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyGuloninae()
tribeGulonini
genusGuloStorr 1780
speciesgulo()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Gulo gulo Linnaeus 1758 [wolverine]
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Invalid names: Gulo gidleyi Hall 1936 [synonym], Gulo schlosseri Kormos 1914 [synonym], Ursus luscus Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available