Viverroidea

Viverroids; Temporal range: Late Eocene, 34–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Infraorder:	Aeluroidea
Parvorder:	Viverroidea; Gray, 1821
Families
	See text

Viverroidea is a clade within Feliformia, containing both the family Viverridae, and the superfamily Herpestoidea.

Classification

The phylogenetic relationships of Viverroidea are shown in the following cladogram:^[2]

Viverroidea

Viverridae (viverrids)

Herpestoidea

Herpestidae

	Herpestidae (mongooses)

	Eupleridae (Malagasy mongooses)

sensu lato

Hyaenidae

sensu lato

^ 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. 548–559. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Barycka, E. (2007). "Evolution and systematics of the feliform Carnivora". Mammalian Biology. 72 (5): 257–282. Bibcode:2007MamBi..72..257B. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2006.10.011.

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