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Taxon: Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945 (mammal)
Classification by:

Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Count: 29o;11f;21g; ‡1f
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  Count: 28o;9f;21g; ‡1f
     Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
    Count: [**] 15f;125g;282s;1263ss; ‡1g;4s;5ss; †1s
       Suborder Feliformia Kretzoi, 1945
      Count: [**] 6f;54g;121s;497ss; ‡3ss
         1 Family Felidae Batsch, 1788 - cats
        Count: [**] 14g;40s;208ss; ‡3ss
         2 Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
        Count: [*] 15g;35s;119ss
         3 Family Eupleridae Chenu, 1850
        Count: [*] 7g;8s;9ss
         4 Family Nandiniidae Pocock, 1929 [monotypic] - African palm civet
        Count: [*] 1g;1s;4ss
         5 Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses
        Count: [*] 14g;33s;157ss
         6 Family Hyaenidae Gray, 1821 - aardwolf and hyenas
        Count: [*] 3g;4s

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