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Taxon: Family Mephitidae Bonaparte, 1845 (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Musteloidea (Parvorder) Kretzoi, 1929

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

Alternative positions

*Caniformia* (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
*Mustelida* (Parvorder) Tedford, 1976	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 608. [indirect]

Historical positions

*Musteloidea* (Parvorder) Kretzoi, 1929	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
*Caniformia* (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
*Caniformia* (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 620.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4g;12s;56ss; ‡1ss; †11g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 11 Dec 2014	[4g;12s;56ss; †11g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	4g;12s
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 624	[4g;12s;56ss; ‡1ss]

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