Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Aeluroidea – cats, hyaenas, civets and relatives

After Wyss & Flynn, 1993, Fox & Youzwyshyn, 1994, McKenna & Bell, 1997, Yoder, Burns, Zehr, Delefosse, Veron, Goodman & Flynn, 2003, Morlo, Peigné & Nagel 2004, and Flynn, Finarelli, Zehr, Hsu & Nedbal, 2005

<==o Aeluroidea Flower, 1869 [Epimycteri Cope, 1882; Paracarnivora Kretzoi, 1945 (in partim); Aeluropoda Gray, 1869; Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945] (cat-like carnivores; kissamaiset petoeläimet)
   |?-o †Palaeogale von Meyer, 1846 [†Bunaelurus Cope, 1873] L.Eoc.-L.Olig., ?E.Mioc. NAm., E.Olig. As., E.Olig.-E.Mioc. Eu.
   |  |-- †P. dorothiae Macdonald, 1963
   |  |-- †P. felina Filhol, 1877
   |  |-- †P. hyaenoides Dehm, 1950
   |  |-- †P. minuta Gervais, 1848
   |  |-- †P. praehyaenoides Morlo, 1996
   |  |-- †P. sanguinarius Loomis, 1932
   |  `-- †P. sectoria Gervais, 1848
   |?- †Aeluropsis annectens Lydekker, 1884; L.Mioc. As. (a felid?)
   |?- †Mellivorodon paleindicus Lydekker, 1884; L.Mioc. As. (a felid?)
   |?- †Viverravidae Wortman & Matthew, 1899 sensu Flynn & Galiano, 1982; Hunt & Tedford, 1993 [Viverraroidea  Wortman & Matthew 1899] [are basal carnivoramorphas sensu Wesley-Hunt & Flynn, 2005]
   `--o Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945 (kissamaiset petoeläimet)
      |?- †Asiavorator elegans
      |?- †Shandgolictis gracilis
      |?- †Stenoplesictidae sensu Morales et al., 2000 [Stenoplesictinae sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997]
      `--+-- †Nimravidae Cope, 1880 (nimravids; nimravidit)
         `--o Feloidea (kissansukuiset petoeläimet)
            |-- Nandinia binotata Gray, 1843 [Viverridae: Nandiniinae] (African palm civet; afrikanpalmunäätä)
            `--+?- †Percrocutidae Werdelin & Solounias, 1991 [Hyaenidae: Percrocutinae Tedford in McKenna & Bell, 1997]
               |--+?- †Barbourofelidae Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970 sensu Morlo, Peigné & Nagel 2004 (barbourofelis sabertooths)
               |  `-- Felidae Fischer, 1817 (non Gray, 1821) (cats; kissat)
               `--+-- Viverridae Gray, 1821 (genets; sevettieläimet)
                  `--+-- Hyaenidae Gray, 1821 sensu Werdelin & Salounias, 1991 (hyaenas; hyeenat)
                     `--+-- Herpestidae (mongooses; mangustit)
                        `-- Eupleridae Chenu, 1850 (malagasy carnivores; madagaskarin pedot)

<==o Aeluroidea
   |?= †Viverravidae
   `--o Feliformia
      |?- †Asiavorator
      |?- †Shandgolictis
      |?- †Stenoplesictidae
      `--+-- †Nimravidae
         `--o Feloidea
            |-- Herpestidae
            |?- †Percrocutidae
            `--+-- Viverridae
               `--+-- Hyaenidae
                  `--+?- †Barbourofelidae
                     `-- Felidae

Reference(s):

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• Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
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• Flynn, J. J., Finarelli, J. A., Zehr, S., Hsu, J. & Nedbal, M. A., 2005: Molecular phylogeny of the Carnivora (Mammalia): assessing the impact of increased sampling on resolving enigmatic relationships.
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