CARNIVORE CLASSIFICATION

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CARNIVORE CLASSIFICATION ORDER CREODONTA
(extinct) Family Oxyaenidae
Family Hyaenodontidae ORDER
CARNIVORA Family Miacidae
stem carnivora Suborder
Caniformia Family Canidae dogs,
wolves, etc. Subfamily
Borophaginae hyaena-like dogs
Family Amphicyonidae bear-dogs
Family Ursidae bears, giant
panda Family Ailuridae
red panda Family Mephitidae
skunks Family Procyonidae raccoon,
etc Family Mustelidae weasels,
etc. Family Otariidae fur
seals Family Odobenidae walrus Family
Phocidae seals Suborder
Feliformia Family Hyaenidae
hyaenas Family Viverridae civits
Family Herpestidae mongooses
Family Eupleridae Malagasy
carnivores Family Nimravidae
false cats Family Felidae cats
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CARNIVORES (Orders Creodontia
Carnivora) Temporal distribution and phylogenetic
relationships
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CARNASSIAL TEETH
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CARNASSIAL TEETH
Limnocyon (creodont) Oxyaena (creodont)
Carnivore
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CARNIVORES (Orders Creodontia
Carnivora) Temporal distribution and phylogenetic
relationships
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Carnivore Molecular Phylogeny
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Hypocarnivory Changes in the upper dentition
3 1 4 2
Canis Ursus Enhydra
3 1 3 2
3 1 3 1
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Hypercarnivory Changes in the upper dentition
3 1 4 1-2 3 1 4 2-3
38-42
Canis Mustela Puma
3 1 2-4 1 3 1 2-4 1-2
28-38
3 1 2-3 1 3 1 2 1
28-30
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Hypercarnivory Changes in the lower dentition
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Saber-toothed cats Nimravid Felid Convergence