Viverroidea
Viverroids | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Infraorder: | Aeluroidea |
Parvorder: | Viverroidea Gray, 1821 |
Families | |
|
Viverroidea is a clade within Feliformia, containing both the family Viverridae, and the superfamily Herpestoidea.
Classification
- Infraorder Viverroidea
- Family Viverridae (civets and allies)[1]
- Superfamily Herpestoidea
- Family Eupleridae (Malagasy carnivorans)
- Family Herpestidae (mongoosesand allies)
- Family )
- Family †Lophocyonidae
- Family †Percrocutidae
Phylogenetic tree
The phylogenetic relationships of Viverroidea are shown in the following cladogram:[2]
Viverroidea |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- OCLC 62265494.
- .