Zooamata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Scrotifera |
Clade: | Pegasoferae |
Clade: |
Zooamata Waddell, 1999 [1] |
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Zooamata ("animal friends") is a proposal for a clade of mammals uniting the Ferae ( carnivores and pangolins) with the Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates).
Zoomata was proposed as one of the competing arrangements for the interordinal relationships of placental mammals within Laurasiatheria. [1] It received support in a phylogenetic study using retroposon insertion analysis, where it was found to be the sister taxon to Chiroptera within a novel clade named Pegasoferae. [2] The Zooamata and Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and whales) together form Scrotifera.
The name of this clade is constructed from Greek and Latin to mean "animal friends", a reference to the inclusion of cats, dogs, and horses, all of which have been domesticated by humans.
Subsequent molecular studies have generally failed to support the proposal. [3] [4] [5] In particular, two recent phylogenomic studies analysing alternative theories for mammalian interordinal relationships concluded that Zooamata and Pegasoferae are not natural groupings. [6] [7] The competing proposal linking the Perissodactyla and Cetartiodactyla in a clade named Euungulata, as a sister to the Ferae, in Scrotifera received stronger support.
The following cladogram shows the phylogenetic relationships of laurasiatherian mammals following Nishihara et al. (2006). [2]
Zooamata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Scrotifera |
Clade: | Pegasoferae |
Clade: |
Zooamata Waddell, 1999 [1] |
Subgroups | |
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Zooamata ("animal friends") is a proposal for a clade of mammals uniting the Ferae ( carnivores and pangolins) with the Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates).
Zoomata was proposed as one of the competing arrangements for the interordinal relationships of placental mammals within Laurasiatheria. [1] It received support in a phylogenetic study using retroposon insertion analysis, where it was found to be the sister taxon to Chiroptera within a novel clade named Pegasoferae. [2] The Zooamata and Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and whales) together form Scrotifera.
The name of this clade is constructed from Greek and Latin to mean "animal friends", a reference to the inclusion of cats, dogs, and horses, all of which have been domesticated by humans.
Subsequent molecular studies have generally failed to support the proposal. [3] [4] [5] In particular, two recent phylogenomic studies analysing alternative theories for mammalian interordinal relationships concluded that Zooamata and Pegasoferae are not natural groupings. [6] [7] The competing proposal linking the Perissodactyla and Cetartiodactyla in a clade named Euungulata, as a sister to the Ferae, in Scrotifera received stronger support.
The following cladogram shows the phylogenetic relationships of laurasiatherian mammals following Nishihara et al. (2006). [2]