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Feliformia

(Suborder)

Overview

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A taxonomic suborder.

Taxonomy

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The Suborder Feliformia is a member of the Order Carnivora. Here is the complete "parentage" of Feliformia:

The Suborder Feliformia is further organized into finer groupings including:

Families

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Felidae

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Herpestidae

Mongoose (plural: mongooses or, rarely, mongeese) is a name for any member of the Herpestidae (although also used for some members of Eupleridae), a family of small, cat-like carnivores. [more]

Hyaenidae

The Hyaenidae is a family of order Carnivora. The Hyaenidae family, native to both African and Asian continents, consists of four living species, the Striped Hyena and Brown Hyena (genus Hyaena), the Spotted Hyena (genus Crocuta), and the Aardwolf (genus Proteles). [more]

Nandiniidae

The African Palm Civet (Nandinia binotata), also known as the Two-spotted Palm Civet, is a small , with short legs, small ears, a body resembling a cat, and a long lithe tail as long as its body. Adults usually weigh 1.70 to 2.10 kg (3.7 to 4.6 lb). It is native to the forests of eastern Africa, where it usually inhabits trees. Its diet is omnivorous, and includes rodents, insects, eggs, carrion, fruit, birds and fruit bats. The animal is generally solitary and nocturnal. [more]

Nimravidae

The Nimravidae, sometimes known as false sabre-tooths, are an family of mammalian carnivores living from the Eocene through the Miocene epochs (42—7.2 mya), existing for approximately . [more]

Viverravidae

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Viverridae

The Viverridae is made up of 35 species, including all of the genets, the Binturong, most of the civets, and the four linsangs. [more]

At least 210 species and subspecies belong to the Family Viverridae.

More info about the Family Viverridae may be found here.

Sources

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Last Revised: September 23, 2009
2009/09/23 00:11:20