Caniformia

See also: caniformia

Translingual

Canis lupus dingo

Etymology

From Latin canifōrmis (“dog-shaped”), from canis (“dog”) + -fōrmis (“having the shape of”).

Proper noun

Caniformia

1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Carnivora – pandas, dogs, skunks, walruses, sea lions, seals, racoons, mustelids, and bears.

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

Hyponyms

• (suborder): Musteloidea (superfamily); Pinnipedia (seals, walruses, etc) (clade);
  • Ailuridae (red panda), †Amphicyonidae (extinct), Canidae (wolves, dogs), †Enaliarctidae (extinct), †Hemicyonidae (extinct), Mephitidae (skunks), Mustelidae, Odobenidae, Otariidae, Phocidae, Procyonidae, Ursidae (bears) (families)

Translations

taxonomic suborder

• Swahili: Wanyama kama mbwa

Further reading

• Caniformia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Caniformia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Caniformia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons