Caniformia
See also: caniformia
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin canifōrmis (“dog-shaped”), from canis (“dog”) + -fōrmis (“having the shape of”).
Proper noun edit
Caniformia
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Carnivora – pandas, dogs, skunks, walruses, sea lions, seals, racoons, mustelids, and bears.
Hypernyms edit
- (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 edit
- (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 edit
taxonomic suborder
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Further reading edit
- Caniformia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Caniformia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Caniformia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons