Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora

Subsequent positions

Ursoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Questionably †Agriotheriinae (Subfamily) (Kretzoi, 1929) Hendey, 1972
Questionably Ailuropodinae (Subfamily) Grevé, 1894
Questionably †Hemicyoninae (Subfamily) Frick, 1926
Questionably †Indarctos (Genus) Pilgrim, 1913
Questionably Tremarctinae (Subfamily) Merriam & Stock, 1925
Questionably †Ursavus (Genus) Schlosser, 1899
Questionably Ursinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788

Current position

Ursoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 250.

Alternative positions

Arctoidea (Superfamily) Flower, 1869	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 635.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Ursida (Parvorder) Tedford, 1976	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).

Historical positions

Ursida (Parvorder) Tedford, 1976	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 586.
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Fissipedia (Suborder) (Blumenbach, 1791)	Ref: 2000
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: A. Turner, 1997
Ursoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 250.
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: 1995
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 336; 6.
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 103.
Arctoidea (Superfamily) Flower, 1869	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 635.
Arctoidea (Superfamily) Flower, 1869	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1041.
Fissipedia (Suborder) (Blumenbach, 1791)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5g;8s;43ss; †7g;7s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 3 Dec 2014	[5g;8s;43ss; †7g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	5g;8s
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 590	[5g;8s;43ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[6g; †7g]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	6g;9s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[7g];8s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	6g;7s