Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Feliformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1945

Original entries

Questionably Acinonychinae (Subfamily) Pocock, 1917
Questionably Felinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1788
Questionably †Machairodontinae (Subfamily) Gill, 1872
Questionably Pantherinae (Subfamily) Pocock, 1917
Questionably †Proailurinae (Subfamily) Zittel, 1893

Subsequent entries

Mustelina (Tribe) Batsch, 1788

Ref: J.E. Gray, 1825b: 339.

Current position

Feloidea (Infraorder) "Batsch, 1788"

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

Alternative positions

Aeluroidea (Infraorder) Flower, 1869	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Aeluroidea (Superfamily) Flower, 1869	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 633.
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 288.
Feliforma (Suborder)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1044.
Feliformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1945	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Feloidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788

Historical positions

Feloidea (Infraorder) "Batsch, 1788"	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: 532.
Feliformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1945	Ref: A. Turner, 1997
Feliformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1945	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 230.
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: 1995
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 288; 5.
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 113.
Mammalia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990 [indirect]
Aeluroidea (Superfamily) Flower, 1869	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 633.
Feliforma (Suborder)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1044.
Fissipedia (Suborder) (Blumenbach, 1791)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Cynofeloidea (Superfamily)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	14g;41s;203ss;41v; ‡6ss; †27g;26s;5ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Nov 2014	[14g;41s;203ss; †27g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	14g;40s
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 548	[14g;40s;208ss; ‡3ss]
1997	A. Turner	1sf; †1sf3t
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[4g; †27g]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	18g;36s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[5g];~36[37]s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	19g;[37s]