Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Feliformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1945

Original entries

Questionably Galidiinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1865
Questionably Herpestinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1845

Current position

Viverroidea (Infraorder) "Gray, 1821"

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).

Alternative positions

Aeluroidea (Infraorder) Flower, 1869	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 299.
Feliformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1945	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.

Historical positions

Viverroidea (Infraorder) "Gray, 1821"	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Aeluroidea (Infraorder) Flower, 1869	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Feliformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1945	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Aeluroidea (Infraorder) Flower, 1869	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402.
Feliformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1945	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 562.
Feliformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1945	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 238.
Feliformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1945	Ref: A. Turner, 1997
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 299; 6.
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 110.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	14g;33s;155ss; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 30 Nov 2014	[14g;33s;155ss; †1g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	15g;34s
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 571	[14g;33s;157ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[15g; †1g]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	18g;37s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[18g];~39s