Fissipedia

Fissipedia
Cheetah
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Families

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Fissipedia is a former[1] biological suborder comprising the largely land-based families of the order Carnivora. By and large, members of this suborder are meat-eaters, with the giant panda and red panda (each exclusively herbivorous) being the most notable exceptions.

In some former taxonomic classifications, Pinnipedia is treated as an order in its own right rather than as a suborder within the Carnivora. In these classifications, Fissipedia is the sole suborder of Carnivora, and is thus omitted on the grounds of redundancy.

Classification

References

  1. Ledje, C.; Arnason, U. (1996). "Phylogenetic analyses of complete cytochromeb genes of the order Carnivora with particular emphasis on the Caniformia". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 42 (2): 135–144. doi:10.1007/BF02198839. PMID 8919865.
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