Feliformia

Translingual

Etymology

Felis ‎ -iformia

Proper noun

Feliformia

1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Carnivora – cats, civets, mongooses, hyenas, and their closest relatives.

Synonyms

• Feloidea – superfamily

Hypernyms

• (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order

Hyponyms

• (suborder): Eupleridae (Malagasy mongooses), Felidae (cats), Herpestidae (mongooses), Hyaenidae (hyenas), Nandiniidae (African palm civet), †Nimravidae, Viverridae (civets, genets, etc) – families

References

• Feliformia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Feliformia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Feliformia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Feliformia at National Center for Biotechnology Information