- Some
separate the
feliforms (extant and extinct) as
Aeluroidea (superfamily) and
Feliformia (suborder).
Others include all
feliforms (extant,
extinct and...
-
surround the
middle ear of the skull, the cat-like
feliforms and the dog-like caniforms. In
feliforms, the
auditory bullae are double-chambered, composed...
- body,
which allows them to get into
holes to
catch prey.
Herpestoids are
feliforms and
several of them
specialize in
hunting animals bigger than they are...
- also tend more
towards omnivory and
opportunistic feeding,
while the
feliforms,
other than the viverrids, are more
specialized for
eating meat. Caniforms...
-
related to felids. The
Nimravidae are
either basal feliforms or a
sister group to both
feliforms and caniforms,
while the
Barbourofelidae are a sister...
- seals, weasels, skunks,
raccoons and all
those mentioned above), and
feliforms (cats, civets, hyenas, mongooses).
Carnivorans are one
group of the hairy...
-
similar to martens,
which are tree-dwelling mustelids.
Together with
feliforms,
caniforms compose the
order Carnivora;
sometimes Arctoidea can be considered...
-
mating and
parental behavior are
consistent with the
behavior of
other feliforms.
Hyenas feature prominently in the
folklore and
mythology of
human cultures...
-
herpestids and the
euplerids dates back to the Oligocene. At that time,
feliforms shared many similarities,
particularly between the cats and the viverrids...
- Genus: †Machaeroides
Order Carnivora Family †Nimravidae (diverged from the
feliforms 48–55 Ma BP, in the late Eocene)
Subfamily †Nimravinae (Dinictis) Subfamily...
