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Gulo; Temporal range: Pliocene – recent
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Mustelidae
Subfamily:	Guloninae
Genus:	Gulo; Pallas, 1780
Type species
	Gulo sibiricus;
Species
	G. gulo; G. minor †; G. schlosseri †; G. sudorus †;

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Gulo is a genus of carnivoran mammals in the family Mustelidae. It contains one extant species, the wolverine (G. gulo), as well as several extinct ones. Fossil evidence suggests that this genus appeared in North America and later spread to Eurasia during the Pliocene. Diagnostic traits include a strongly reduced P2, a robust P4 with three roots, and upper molars smaller than in other gulonines. Overall, the teeth are adapted for hypercarnivory.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Samuels, Joshua X.; Bredehoeft, Keila E.; Wallace, Steven C. (2018). "A new species of Gulo from the Early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site (Eastern United States); rethinking the evolution of wolverines". PeerJ. 6: e4648. doi:10.7717/peerj.4648. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5910791. PMID 29682423.
^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[SamuelsBredehoeft2018-1] Samuels, Joshua X.; Bredehoeft, Keila E.; Wallace, Steven C. (2018). "A new species of Gulo from the Early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site (Eastern United States); rethinking the evolution of wolverines". PeerJ. 6: e4648. doi:10.7717/peerj.4648. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5910791. PMID 29682423.

[2] Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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+{{Short description|Genus of carnivores}}
-{{Taxobox
+{{Other uses}}
-| name = ''Gulo''
+{{Automatic taxobox
-| fossil_range = [[Pliocene]] – recent<ref name=SamuelsBredehoeft2018>{{cite journal|last1=Samuels|first1=Joshua X.|last2=Bredehoeft|first2=Keila E.|last3=Wallace|first3=Steven C.|title=A new species of ''Gulo'' from the Early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site (Eastern United States); rethinking the evolution of wolverines|journal=PeerJ|volume=6|year=2018|pages=e4648|issn=2167-8359|doi=10.7717/peerj.4648 | language = anglès}}</ref>
+| fossil_range = [[Pliocene]] – recent<ref name=SamuelsBredehoeft2018>{{cite journal|last1=Samuels|first1=Joshua X.|last2=Bredehoeft|first2=Keila E.|last3=Wallace|first3=Steven C.|title=A new species of ''Gulo'' from the Early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site (Eastern United States); rethinking the evolution of wolverines|journal=PeerJ|volume=6|year=2018|pages=e4648|issn=2167-8359|doi=10.7717/peerj.4648|pmc=5910791|pmid=29682423 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
 | image = Wolverine 01.jpg
-| genus = '''Gulo'''
+| taxon = Gulo
+| authority = [[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1780
-| genus_authority = Storr, 1780
+| type_species = ''[[Gulo gulo|Gulo sibiricus]]''<ref>{{MSW3|id=14001165}}</ref>
-| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
+| subdivision_ranks = Species
-| subdivision =
-*{{Taxonabbr|G|ulo|gulo}}
+| subdivision = *{{Taxonabbr|G|ulo|gulo}}
-*{{Taxonabbr|G|ulo|minor}} [[extinction|†]]
+*{{Taxonabbr|G|ulo|minor}} [[extinction|†]]
-*{{Taxonabbr|G|ulo|schlosseri}} †
+*{{Taxonabbr|G|ulo|schlosseri}} †
-*{{Taxonabbr|G|ulo|sudorus}} †
+*{{Taxonabbr|G|ulo|sudorus}} †
 }}
+'''''Gulo''''' is a [[genus]] of [[carnivoran]] [[mammals]] in the family [[Mustelidae]]. It contains one [[Extant taxon|extant]] [[species]], the [[wolverine]] (''G. gulo''), as well as several [[extinct]] ones. [[Fossil record|Fossil evidence]] suggests that this genus appeared in [[North America]] and later spread to [[Eurasia]] during the [[Pliocene]]. Diagnostic traits include a strongly reduced [[premolar|P2]], a robust [[premolar|P4]] with three roots, and upper [[molar teeth|molars]] smaller than in other [[Guloninae|gulonines]]. Overall, the teeth are [[adaptation (biology)|adapted]] for [[hypercarnivory]].<ref name=SamuelsBredehoeft2018/>
+== References ==
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Carnivora|M.}}
+{{Musteloidea|Mae.|state=collapsed}}
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q16894566}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:Mammal genera]]
-[[Category:Taxa named by Peter Simon Pallas]]
+[[Category:Mammal genera with one living species]]
+[[Category:Guloninae]]
+{{carnivora-stub}}