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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Parvorder: | Viverroidea |
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Herpestoidea Bonaparte, 1845 |
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Herpestoidea is a superfamily of mammalia carnivores which includes mongooses, [2] Malagasy carnivorans [3] and the hyenas.
Herpestoids, with the exception of the hyenas, have a cylindrical and elongated body, which allows them to get into holes to catch prey. [2] Herpestoids are feliforms and several of them specialize in hunting animals bigger than they are. [4]
They live throughout Eurasia, Africa and the island of Madagascar. [4]
Classification
- Superfamily Herpestoidea
- Family Eupleridae (Malagasy carnivorans)
- Family Herpestidae ( mongooses and allies)
- Family Hyaenidae ( hyenas and aardwolf)
- Family † Lophocyonidae
- Family † Percrocutidae
Phylogenetic tree
The phylogenetic relationships of Herpestoidea are shown in the following cladogram: [5] [6]
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References
- ^ Zhou, Y.; Wang, S.-R.; Ma, J.-Z. (2017). "Comprehensive species set revealing the phylogeny and biogeography of Feliformia (Mammalia, Carnivora) based on mitochondrial DNA". PLOS ONE. 12 (3): e0174902. Bibcode: 2017PLoSO..1274902Z. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174902. PMC 5373635. PMID 28358848.
- ^ a b Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Family Herpestidae". 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. 562–571. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Wozencraft, 2005, pp. 560–561
- ^ a b Smith, S. All about Herpestoidea. pp. 150–231. Retrieved 08.31.2018
- ^ Barycka, E. (2007). "Evolution and systematics of the feliform Carnivora". Mammalian Biology. 72 (5): 257–282. doi: 10.1016/j.mambio.2006.10.011.
- ^ Morales, J.; Mayda, S.; Valenciano, A; DeMiguel, D.; Kaya, T. (2019). "A new lophocyonid, Izmirictis cani gen. et sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), from the lower Miocene of Turkey". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (16): 1347–1358. Bibcode: 2019JSPal..17.1347M. doi: 10.1080/14772019.2018.1529000. hdl: 10261/223616. S2CID 91268744.
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