Viverroidea

Viverroidea is an infraorder of feliformia, containing both the family Viverridae, and the superfamily Herpestoidea.

Viverroidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Infraorder:	Viverroidea Gray, 1821
Families
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Classification

• Infraorder Viverroidea
  • Family Viverridae (civets and allies)[1]
  • Superfamily Herpestoidea
    • Family Eupleridae (Malagasy carnivorans)
    • Family Herpestidae (mongooses and allies)
    • Family Hyaenidae (hyenas and aardwolf)
    • Family †Lophocyonidae
    • Family †Percrocutidae

Phylogenetic tree

The phylogenetic relationships of Viverroidea are shown in the following cladogram:[2]

Viverroidea	Viverridae (viverrids)    Herpestoidea   Hyaenidae    †Lophocyonidae     Hyaenidae (hyaenas)     †Percrocutidae    sensu lato   Herpestidae    Herpestidae (mongooses)     Eupleridae (Malagasy mongooses)    sensu lato

References

1. Wozencraft, W.C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 548–559. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Barycka, E. (2007). "Evolution and systematics of the feliform Carnivora". Mammalian Biology. 72 (5): 257–282. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2006.10.011.