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): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Carnivora - order; Feliformia - suborder
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