Feliformia

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.

Feliformia Temporal range: Eocene to Recent
Tiger (Panthera tigris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945

Molecular phylogeny shows the Feliformia is monophyletic.^[1] The other suborder of Carnivora is the dog-like Caniformia.

Taxonomy

• Suborder Feliformia ("cat-like")
  • Family Eupleridae: Fossa and others
  • Family Felidae: Cats
    • Subfamily Felinae
    • Subfamily Pantherinae
  • Family Nandiniidae:
    • Genus Nandinia: African palm civet
  • Family Viverridae: Civet cats, Genets etc.
  • Family Hyaenidae: Hyaenas
    • Subfamily Hyaeninae
    • Subfamily Protelinae
  • Family Herpestidae: Mongooses
  • Family Primodontidae: Asiatic linsang
  • Family Eupleridae: Varied group, endemic to Madagascar

• †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

Cladogram

Feliformia	Nimravidae† Stenoplesictidae† Percrocutidae† Nandiniidae Prionodontidae Barbourofelidae† Felidae Viverridae Hyaenidae Herpestidae Eupleridae