Feloidea

Translingual

Etymology

Felis +‎ -oidea

Proper noun

Feloidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Carnivora – the civets, cats, mongooses and hyenas.

Synonyms

Feliformia

Hypernyms

(suborder): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order

Hyponyms

(suborder): Felidae, Hyaenidae, Viverridae, Herpestidae, Eupleridae, Eupleridae, Nandiniidae, Prionodontidae - extant families
- †Barbourofelidae, †Nimravidae, †Percrocutidae, †Stenoplesictidae - extinct families

References

Feloidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Feloidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Feloidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Feliformia at the Tree of Life Web Project

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