Musteloidea
| Musteloidea Temporal range:
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| Left-right:spotted skunk,red panda,wolverineandraccoon;representing the familiesMephitidae,Ailuridae,MustelidaeandProcyonidae. | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Infraorder: | Arctoidea |
| Superfamily: | Musteloidea Fischer,1817 |
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Musteloideais asuperfamilyofcarnivoranmammalsunited by shared characteristics of the skull and teeth. Musteloids are thesister groupofpinnipeds,the group which includes seals.[1]
Musteloidea comprises the following families:
- Mephitidae,theskunksandstink badgers.
- Mustelidae,theweasel(mustelid) family, including new- and old-worldbadgers,ferretsandpolecats,fishers,grisonsandratels,martensandsables,minks,riverandsea otters,stoatsandermines,tayrasandwolverines.
- Procyonidae,theraccoonsand raccoon-like procyonids, includingcoatimundis,kinkajous,olingos,olinguitos,ringtailsandcacomistles.
InNorth America,ursids(bears) and musteloids first appeared in theChadronian[citation needed]of the lateEocene,and in early-OligoceneEurope,immediately following theGrande Coupureextinction event.
The followingcladogramis based onmolecular phylogenyof six genes in Flynn (2005),[2]with the musteloids updated following the multigene analysis of Law et al. (2018).[3]
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References[edit]
- ^Welsey-Hunt, G.D. & Flynn, J.J. (2005). "Phylogeny of the Carnivora: basal relationships among the Carnivoramorphans, and assessment of the position of 'Miacoidea' relative to Carnivora".Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.3(1): 1–28.Bibcode:2005JSPal...3....1W.doi:10.1017/S1477201904001518.
- ^Flynn, J. J.; Finarelli, J. A.; Zehr, S.; Hsu, J.; Nedbal, M. A. (2005)."Molecular phylogeny of the Carnivora (Mammalia): Assessing the impact of increased sampling on resolving Enigma tic relationships".Systematic Biology.54(2): 317–37.doi:10.1080/10635150590923326.PMID16012099.
- ^Law, Chris J.; Slater, Graham J.; Mehta, Rita S. (2018-01-01)."Lineage Diversity and Size Disparity in Musteloidea: Testing Patterns of Adaptive Radiation Using Molecular and Fossil-Based Methods".Systematic Biology.67(1): 127–144.doi:10.1093/sysbio/syx047.ISSN1063-5157.PMID28472434.