Musteloidea Temporal range:
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Left-right: spotted skunk, red panda, wolverine and raccoon; representing the families Mephitidae, Ailuridae, Mustelidae and Procyonidae. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Infraorder: | Arctoidea |
Superfamily: |
Musteloidea Fischer, 1817 |
Families | |
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Musteloidea is a superfamily of carnivoran mammals united by shared characteristics of the skull and teeth. Musteloids are the sister group of pinnipeds, the group which includes seals. [1]
Musteloidea comprises the following families:
In North America, ursids (bears) and musteloids first appeared in the Chadronian[ citation needed] of the late Eocene, and in early- Oligocene Europe, immediately following the Grande Coupure extinction event.
The following cladogram is based on molecular phylogeny of six genes in Flynn (2005), [2] with the musteloids updated following the multigene analysis of Law et al. (2018). [3]
Caniformia |
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Musteloidea Temporal range:
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Left-right: spotted skunk, red panda, wolverine and raccoon; representing the families Mephitidae, Ailuridae, Mustelidae and Procyonidae. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Infraorder: | Arctoidea |
Superfamily: |
Musteloidea Fischer, 1817 |
Families | |
|
Musteloidea is a superfamily of carnivoran mammals united by shared characteristics of the skull and teeth. Musteloids are the sister group of pinnipeds, the group which includes seals. [1]
Musteloidea comprises the following families:
In North America, ursids (bears) and musteloids first appeared in the Chadronian[ citation needed] of the late Eocene, and in early- Oligocene Europe, immediately following the Grande Coupure extinction event.
The following cladogram is based on molecular phylogeny of six genes in Flynn (2005), [2] with the musteloids updated following the multigene analysis of Law et al. (2018). [3]
Caniformia |
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