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Definition of Fissipedia

Fissipedia
Fissipedia Fis`si*pe"di*a, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. fissus (p. p. of findere to cleave) + pes, pedis, a foot.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia.

Meaning of Fissipedia from wikipedia

- Fissipedia ("split feet") is a former suborder of placental mammals comprising the largely land-based families of the order Carnivora. In some former taxonomic...
- concept of Carnivora was divided into two suborders: the terrestrial Fissipedia and the marine Pinnipedia. Below is the classification of how the extant...
- Zoological Congress: 1293–1355. Schmidt-Kittler, N. (1987). "The Carnivora (Fissipedia) from the Lower Miocene of East Africa". Palaeontographica A. 197: 85–126...
- close range vocalizations in terrestrial carnivores (Mammalia: Carnivora: Fissipedia)". Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde. 49 (3): 157–182. Morais, R.N.; Mucciolo...
- in 1880, with the type genus as Nimravus. The family was ****igned to Fissipedia by Cope (1889); to Caniformia by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Aeluroidea...
- London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-29744-8. Ognev, S. I. (1935). "Carnivora (Fissipedia)". Mammals of the U.S.S.R. and adjacent countries. Vol. 2. Washington...
- Ivanovich (1962). Mammals of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia: Carnivora (Fissipedia and Pinnipedia). Israel Program for Scientific Translations. Retrieved...