Fissipedia

   

Fissipedia
<tr><td align="center">Lion
Lion <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Scientific classification <tr><td>
<tr><td>Kingdom:<td>Animalia <tr><td>Phylum:<td>Chordata <tr><td>Class:<td>Mammalia <tr><td>Order:<td>Carnivora <tr><td>Suborder:<td>Fissipedia </table> <tr><th bgcolor=pink>Families <tr><td> Canidae
Felidae
Herpestidae
Hyaenidae
Mephitidae
Procyonidae
Ursidae
Viverridae </table> The suborder Fissipedia are the land-based members of the Carnivora order. By and large members of the sub-order are meat-eaters - the Giant Panda is the notable exception. In some taxonomic classifications Pinnipedia is treated as an order in its own right, rather than as a suborder within Carnivora. In these classifications, Fissipedia would be the sole sub-order of Carnivora and is thus omitted on the grounds of redundancy.
  • ORDER CARNIVORA
    • Suborder Fissipedia
      • Family Canidae: dogs and allies; 35 species in 10 genera
      • Family Procyonidae: raccoons and allies; 19 species in 7 genera
      • Family Ursidae: bears; 8 species in 5 genera
      • Family Mustelidae weasels, ferrets, badgers, and otters; 55 species in 24 genera
      • Family Mephitidae skunks; 10 species in 3 genera
      • Family Felidae: cats; 37 species in 4 genera
      • Family Viverridae: civets and allies; 35 species in 20 genera
      • Family Herpestidae: mongooses and allies; 35 speces in 17 genera
      • Family Hyaenidae: hyenas and Aardwolf; 4 species in 4 genera
    • Suborder Pinnipedia (most authorities list the pinnipeds within Carnivora; others list them as a separate order)

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