Biology:Herpestoidea
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Short description: Superfamily of mammals
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Parvorder: | Viverroidea |
| Superfamily: | Herpestoidea Bonaparte, 1845 |
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Herpestoidea is a superfamily of mammalia carnivores which includes mongooses,[2] Malagasy carnivorans[3] and the hyenas.
Herpestoids, with the exception of the hyenas, have a cylindrical and elongated body, which allows them to get into holes to catch prey.[2] Herpestoids are feliforms and several of them specialize in hunting animals bigger than they are.[4]
They live throughout Eurasia, Africa and the island of Madagascar .[4]
Classification
- Superfamily Herpestoidea
- Family Eupleridae (Malagasy carnivorans)
- Family Herpestidae (mongooses and allies)
- Family Hyaenidae (hyenas and aardwolf)
- Family †Lophocyonidae
- Family †Percrocutidae
Phylogenetic tree
The phylogenetic relationships of Herpestoidea are shown in the following cladogram:[5][6]
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References
- ↑ Zhou, Y.; Wang, S.-R.; Ma, J.-Z. (2017). "Comprehensive species set revealing the phylogeny and biogeography of Feliformia (Mammalia, Carnivora) based on mitochondrial DNA". PLoS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174902.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wozencraft, W.C. (2005). "Family Herpestidae". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14000477.
- ↑ Wozencraft, 2005, pp. 560–561
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Smith, S.. All about Herpestoidea. pp. 150–231. Retrieved 08.31.2018
- ↑ Barycka, E. (2007). "Evolution and systematics of the feliform Carnivora". Mammalian Biology 72 (5): 257–282. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2006.10.011.
- ↑ Morales, J.; Mayda, S.; Valenciano, A; DeMiguel, D.; Kaya, T. (2019). "A new lophocyonid, Izmirictis cani gen. et sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), from the lower Miocene of Turkey". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17 (16): 1347–1358. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1529000. http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/87561.
Wikidata ☰ Q9776204 entry
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