Fissipedia ("split feet") is a former

suborder Order () is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized ...

placental mammals Placental mammals ( infraclass Placentalia ) are one of the three extant subdivisions of the class Mammalia, the other two being Monotremata and Marsupialia. Placentalia contains the vast majority of extant mammals, which are partly distinguish ...

comprising the largely land-based families of the

order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood ...

Carnivora Carnivora ( ) is an order of placental mammals specialized primarily in eating flesh, whose members are formally referred to as carnivorans. The order Carnivora is the sixth largest order of mammals, comprising at least 279 species. Carnivor ...

. In some former taxonomic classifications, Pinnipedia is treated as an suborder in order Carnivora alongside Fissipedia and

Creodonta Creodonta ("meat teeth") is a former order of extinct carnivorous placental mammals that lived from the early Paleocene to the late Miocene epochs in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Originally thought to be a single group of animals ance ...

. rather than as a subgroup of "dog-like" carnivorans.

Classification

* Suborder: Fissipedia ** Superfamily: Canoidea ("dog-like" carnivorans) *** Family:

Canidae Canidae (; from Latin, ''canis'', "dog") is a family (biology), biological family of caniform carnivorans, constituting a clade. A member of this family is also called a canid (). The family includes three subfamily, subfamilies: the Caninae, a ...

amphicyonids as its members at that time">Amphicyonidae.html" ;"title=" group with dogs and Amphicyonidae">amphicyonids as its members at that time*** Family:

Amphicyonidae">amphicyonids as its members at that time">Amphicyonidae.html" ;"title=" group with dogs and Amphicyonidae">amphicyonids as its members at that time*** Family: Mustelidae [a group with weasels, ferrets, badgers, otters and Mephitidae">skunks Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae. They are known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong, unpleasant scent from their anal glands. Different species of skunk vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown, cream or gin ...

as its members at that time] *** Family: Procyonidae [a group with raccoons and red panda as its members at that time] *** Family: Ursidae (bears) ** Superfamily : Feliformia, Feloidea ("cat-like" carnivorans) *** Family:

Felidae Felidae ( ) is the Family (biology), family of mammals in the Order (biology), order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is also called a felid ( ). The 41 extant taxon, extant Felidae species exhibit the gre ...

nimravids and genus ''Hyainailouros">Nimravidae.html" ;"title=" group with cats, Nimravidae">nimravids and genus ''Hyainailouros'' as its members at that time] *** Family: Hyaenidae (hyenas) *** Family: Viverridae [a group with civets and Herpestidae, mongooses as its members at that time] ** Superfamily: †Miacoidea *** Family: † Miacidae group with representatives of families Miacidae and Viverravidae as its members at that time">Viverravidae.html" ;"title=" group with representatives of families Miacidae and Viverravidae"> group with representatives of families Miacidae and Viverravidae as its members at that time

References

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