Viverroidea

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Viverroids
Temporal range: Late
Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Infraorder: Aeluroidea
Parvorder: Viverroidea
Gray, 1821
Families
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Viverroidea is a clade within Feliformia, containing both the family Viverridae, and the superfamily Herpestoidea.

Classification

Phylogenetic tree

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

 Viverroidea 

Viverridae (viverrids)

 Herpestoidea 
 Herpestidae 

Herpestidae (mongooses)

Eupleridae (Malagasy mongooses)

 sensu lato 
 Hyaenidae 

Lophocyonidae

Percrocutidae

Hyaenidae (hyaenas)

 sensu lato 

References