Herpestoidea

Herpestoidea is a superfamily of mammalia carnivores which includes mongooses,[1] Malagasy carnivorans[2] and the hyenas.

Herpestoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Infraorder: Viverroidea
Superfamily: Herpestoidea
Bonaparte, 1845
Families

See text

Synonyms

Hyaenoidea

Herpestoids, with the exception of the hyenas, have a cylindrical and elongated body, which allows them to get into holes to catch prey.[1] Herpestoids are feliforms and specialize in hunting animals bigger than they are.[3]

They live throughout Eurasia, Africa and the island of Madagascar.[3]

  • Hyaenidae
  • Eupleridae (fossa)
  • Herpestidae

Classification

Phylogenetic tree

The phylogenetic relationships of Herpestoidea are shown in the following cladogram:[4][5]

 Herpestoidea 
 Hyaenidae 
 

†Percrocutidae

 
 

Hyaenidae (hyaenas)

 
 

†Lophocyonidae

 
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 Herpestidae 
 

Herpestidae (mongoose)

 
 

Eupleridae (Malagasy mongooses)

 
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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. 562–571. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Wozencraft, 2005, pp. 560–561
  3. S. Smith. All about Herpestoidea. p. 150–231. Retrieved 08.31.2018
  4. Barycka, E. (2007). "Evolution and systematics of the feliform Carnivora". Mammalian Biology. 72 (5): 257–282. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2006.10.011.
  5. Morales, Jorge; Mayda, Serdar; Valenciano, Alberto; DeMiguel, Daniel; Kaya, Tanju (2019). "A new lophocyonid, Izmirictis cani gen. et sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), from the lower Miocene of Turkey". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. Online Edition. 17 (16): 1347–1358. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1529000.
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