Feliformia
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Feliformia
Temporal range: Eocene to Recent
Panthera tigris tigris edited2.jpg
Tiger (Panthera tigris)
Scientific classificatione
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Suborder:Feliformia
Kretzoi, 1945
Feliformia is a suborder in the mammal order Carnivora. It contains all the Felidae, which are cat-like animals. The suborder also contains the relatives of the cats, which includes hyaenas, civets, Asiatic linsangs, and more. There are six families, twelve subfamilies, 56 genera and 114 species in the Feliformia suborder now.

Molecular phylogeny shows the Feliformia is monophyletic.[1] The other suborder of Carnivora is the dog-like Caniformia.


Contents
1Taxonomy
1.1Cladogram
2References
3Other websites
Taxonomy
Suborder Feliformia ("cat-like")
Family Eupleridae: Fossa and others
Family Felidae: Cats
Subfamily Felinae
Subfamily Pantherinae
Family Nandiniidae:
Genus Nandinia: African palm civet
Family Viverridae: Civet cats, Genets etc.
Family Hyaenidae: Hyaenas
Subfamily Hyaeninae
Subfamily Protelinae
Family Herpestidae: Mongooses
Family Primodontidae: Asiatic linsang
Family Eupleridae: Varied group, endemic to Madagascar
†Barbourofelidae: Miocene "false" sabre-tooths [2]
†Nimravidae: "false" sabre-tooths, from Eocene to end Miocene.
†Stenoplesictidae: Civet-like animals
†Percrocutidae: hyaena-like forms from the Miocene to later Pliocene
Cladogram
Feliformia

Nimravidae†




Stenoplesictidae†



Percrocutidae†




Nandiniidae





Prionodontidae




Barbourofelidae†



Felidae






Viverridae




Hyaenidae




Herpestidae



Eupleridae








References
Eizirik E. et al 2010. Pattern and timing of the diversification of the mammalian order Carnivora inferred from multiple nuclear gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56: 49-63. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.033
"true" sabre-tooths are in the Felidae.

1. Taxonomic references extant species (a); supporting descriptive information and pictures: Diversity Web (online) - Feliformia.
2. Taxonomic references extant species (b): ITIS Integrated Taxonomic Information System
3. Fossil record data (with taxonomic references) extant and extinct species: The Paleaobiology Database
4. Supporting taxonomic references extant and extinct species: Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification - Suborder Feliformia Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
5. Gina D. Wesley-Hunt and John J. Flynn 2005: Phylogeny of The Carnivora
6a. Anne D. Yoder and John J. Flynn 2003: Origin of Malagasy Carnivora Archived 2005-08-24 at the Wayback Machine
6b. Yoder, A., M. Burns, S. Zehr, T. Delefosse, G. Veron, S. Goodman, J. Flynn. 2003: Single origin of Malagasy Carnivora from an African ancestor – Letters to Nature
7. Philippe Gaubert, W. Chris Wozencraft, Pedro Cordeiro-Estrela and Géraldine Veron. 2005 - Mosaics of Convergences and Noise in Morphological Phylogenies: What's in a Viverrid-Like Carnivoran?

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