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.
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Molecular phylogeny shows the Feliformia is monophyletic.[1] The other suborder of Carnivora is the dog-like Caniformia.
- Suborder Feliformia ("cat-like")
- †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
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 Archived 2012-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
- 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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