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Feliformia
Sign in to saveFeliformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "cat-like" carnivorans, including cats, hyenas, mongooses, viverrids, and related taxa. Feliformia stands in contrast to the other suborder of Carnivora, Caniformia consisting of "dog-like" carnivorans.
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Feliformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora, class Mammalia, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Kretzoi in 1945 and holds an accepted status. It originated approximately 40 million years ago.
The group is associated with freshwater habitats. It is categorized under the main category of Feliforms and is referenced by 838 other encyclopedia articles.
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- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
貓型亞目(Feliformia)是食肉目的一个亚目。其中包括猫科 (大型和小型), 鬣狗科, 獴科, 灵猫科等类别。 参考资料 查 论 编 现存食肉目物种 界:动物 门:脊索动物 纲:哺乳动物 下纲:真獸下綱 总目:勞亞獸總目 貓型亞目 雙斑狸科非洲椰子猫属 非洲椰子猫(N. binotata) 獴科沼澤獴属 沼澤獴(A. paludinosus) 臭獴屬 Bushy-tailed mongoose (B. crassicauda)(英语:Bushy-tailed mongoose) Jackson's mongoose (B. jacksoni)(英语:Jackson's mongoose) Black-footed mongoose (B. nigripes)(英语:Black-footed mongoose) 長毛獴屬 Alexander's kusimanse (C. alexandri)(英语:Alexander's kusimanse) Angolan kusimanse (C. ansorgei)(英语:Angolan kusimanse) Common kusimanse (C. obscurus)(英语:Common kusimanse) Flat-headed kusimanse (C. platycephalus)(英语:Flat-headed kusimanse) 筆尾獴属 筆尾獴(C. penicillata) 草原獴属 草原獴(D. dybowskii) 貂獴屬 Angolan slender mongoose (G. flavescens)(英语:Angolan slender mongoose) Black mongoose (G. nigrata)(英语:Black mongoose) Somalian slender mongoose (G. ochracea)(英语:Somalian slender mongoose) Cape gray mongoose (G. pulverulenta)(英语:Cape gray mongoose) Slender mongoose (G. sanguinea)(英语:Slender mongoose) 侏獴屬 Ethiopian dwarf mongoose (H. hirtula)(英语:Ethiopian dwarf mongoose) 侏獴(H. parvula) 獴属 短尾獴(H. brachyurus) 灰獴(H. edwardsii) 褐獴(H. fuscus) 埃及獴(H. ichneumon) 紅頰獴(H. javanicus) 长鼻獴(H. naso) 领獴(H. semitorquatus) 赤獴(H. smithii) 食蟹獴(H. urva) 纹颈獴(H.
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149,308 papers- A clinical impact of apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage on feline chronic kidney disease.Veterinary journal (London, England : 1997) · 2026Tezuka T, Arakawa H, Kudo K et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2026.106545
- Use of pimobendan in cats: a practical evidence-based review.ReviewJournal of feline medicine and surgery · 2025Gordon SG, Saunders AB, Wesselowski S et al.DOI: 10.1177/1098612X251386638
- The oncogenome of the domestic cat.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Francis BA, Ludwig L, He C et al.DOI: 10.1126/science.ady6651
- Truncation of TRIM5 in the Feliformia explains the absence of retroviral restriction in cells of the domestic cat.Journal of virology · 2009McEwan WA, Schaller T, Ylinen LM et al.DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00670-09
- The dynamic proliferation of CanSINEs mirrors the complex evolution of Feliforms.BMC evolutionary biology · 2014Walters-Conte KB, Johnson DL, Johnson WE et al.DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-137
- Karyotypic conservatism in the suborder Feliformia (Order Carnivora).Cytogenetic and genome research · 2005Perelman PL, Graphodatsky AS, Serdukova NA et al.DOI: 10.1159/000081530
- Positive selection in gamete interaction proteins in Carnivora.Molecular ecology · 2024Pisciottano F, Campos MC, Penna C et al.DOI: 10.1111/mec.17263
- Molecular Tools for qPCR Identification and STR-Based Individual Identification of Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758).Genes · 2025Mahlerová K, Vaňková L, Vaněk DDOI: 10.3390/genes17010045
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Feliformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "cat-like" carnivorans, including cats, hyenas, mongooses, viverrids, and related taxa. Feliformia stands in contrast to the other suborder of Carnivora, Caniformia consisting of "dog-like" carnivorans.
The separation of the Carnivora into the broad groups of feliforms and caniforms is widely accepted, as is the assignment of the suborder rank (sometimes superfamily) to Feliformia and Caniformia.
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