Canine

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Canine
wolf

wolf

Systematics
Class : Mammals (mammalia)
Subclass : Higher mammals (Eutheria)
Superordinate : Laurasiatheria
without rank: Ferae
Order : Predators (Carnivora)
Subordination : Canine
Scientific name
Caniformia
Simpson , 1931

The canine species (Caniformia) are a suborder within the order of the carnivores (Carnivora). They usually have a pointed snout and are often toe-walkers whose claws cannot be retracted (in contrast to their sister group , the feline group (Feliformia)). The seals also developed from canine-like ancestors and can therefore be assigned to this group with their three families.

Systematics

Canine species are divided into the following families:

Two other families, the Amphicyonidae ("bear dogs") and the Hemicyonidae ("dog bears"), died out in the Miocene . Another extinct group are the possibly paraphyletic Amphicynodontidae , close to either the bears or the seals.

Phylogeny

The following diagram shows the likely family relationships:

 Caniformia 
 Cynoid 

Dogs (Canidae)


 Arctoidea 

Bears (Ursidae)


   
 Seals (Pinnipedia) 

Dog seals (Phocidae)


   

Ear seals (Otariidae)


   

Walruses (Odobenidae)




 Marten relatives (Musteloidea) 

Little pandas (Ailuridae)


   

Skunks or skunks (Mephitidae)


   

Small bears (Procyonidae)


   

Marten (Mustelidae)








literature

  • DE Wilson, DM Reeder: Mammal Species of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John J. Flynn, John A. Finarelli, Sarah Zehr, Johnny Hsu & Michael A. Nedbal: Molecular Phylogeny of the Carnivora (Mammalia): Assessing the Impact of Increased Sampling on Resolving Enigmatic Relationships. Syst. Biol. 54 (2): 317-337, 2005 doi : 10.1080 / 10635150590923326