Carnivora Bowdich 1821

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 532

Carnivora Bowdich 1821

Families: 15 families with 126 genera and 286 species in 2 suborders:

Suborder FELIFORMIA Kretzoi 1945

Family Felidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817 (14 genera with 40 species and 210 subspecies)

Family Viverridae Gray 1821 (15 genera with 35 species and 118 subspecies)

Family Eupleridae Chenu 1850 (7 genera with 8 species and 9 subspecies)

Family Nandiniidae Pocock 1929 (1 genus with 1 species and 4 subspecies)

Family Herpestidae Bonaparte 1845 (14 genera with 33 species and 157 subspecies)

Family Hyaenidae Gray 1821 (3 genera with 4 species)

Suborder CANIFORMIA Kretzoi 1938

Family Canidae Fischer 1817 (13 genera with 35 species and 199 subspecies)

Family Ursidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817 (5 genera with 8 species and 43 subspecies)

Family Otariidae Gray 1825 (7 genera with 16 species and 2 subspecies)

Family Odobenidae Allen 1880 (1 genus with 1 species and 3 subspecies)

Family Phocidae Gray 1821 (13 genera with 19 species and 14 subspecies)

Family Mustelidae Fischer 1817 (22 genera with 59 species and 362 subspecies)

Family Mephitidae Bonaparte 1845 (4 genera with 12 species and 57 subspecies)

Family Procyonidae Gray 1825 (6 genera with 14 species and 72 subspecies)

Family Ailuridae Gray 1843 (1 genus with 1 species and 2 subspecies)

Discussion: Higher taxonomic arrangement follows that of McKenna and Bell (1997), except that Ailuridae , Eupleridae , Mephitidae , and Odobenidae are raised to Family rank.