Viverroidea

Viverroidea is an infraorder of feliformia, containing both the family Viverridae, and the superfamily Herpestoidea.

Viverroidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Infraorder: Viverroidea
Gray, 1821
Families
See text

Classification

Phylogenetic tree

The phylogenetic relationships of Viverroidea are shown in the following cladogram:[2]

 Viverroidea 

Viverridae (viverrids)

 Herpestoidea 
 Hyaenidae 

Lophocyonidae

Hyaenidae (hyaenas)

Percrocutidae

 sensu lato 
 Herpestidae 

Herpestidae (mongooses)

Eupleridae (Malagasy mongooses)

 sensu lato 

References

  1. Wozencraft, W.C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 548–559. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Barycka, E. (2007). "Evolution and systematics of the feliform Carnivora". Mammalian Biology. 72 (5): 257–282. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2006.10.011.
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