Herpestoidea

Herpestoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Infraorder:	Viverroidea
Superfamily:	Herpestoidea; Bonaparte, 1845
Families
	See text
Synonyms
	Hyaenoidea

Herpestoidea is a superfamily of mammalia carnivores which includes mongooses,^[1] Malagasy carnivorans^[2] and the hyenas.

Herpestoids, with the exception of the hyenas, have a cylindrical and elongated body, which allows them to get into holes to catch prey.^[1] Herpestoids are feliforms and specialize in hunting animals bigger than they are.^[3]

They live throughout Eurasia, Africa and the island of Madagascar.^[3]

Hyaenidae
Eupleridae (fossa)
Herpestidae

Classification[]

Superfamily Herpestoidea
- Family Eupleridae (Malagasy carnivorans)
- Family Herpestidae (mongooses and allies)
- Family Hyaenidae (hyenas and aardwolf)
- Family †Lophocyonidae
- Family †Percrocutidae

Phylogenetic tree[]

The phylogenetic relationships of Herpestoidea are shown in the following cladogram:^[4]^[5]

Herpestoidea

Hyaenidae

	†Percrocutidae

	Hyaenidae (hyaenas)

	†Lophocyonidae

sensu lato

Herpestidae

	Herpestidae (mongoose)

	Eupleridae (Malagasy mongooses)

sensu lato

References[]

^ ^a ^b Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 562–571. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ Wozencraft, 2005, pp. 560–561
^ ^a ^b S. Smith. All about Herpestoidea. p. 150–231. Retrieved 08.31.2018
^ Barycka, E. (2007). "Evolution and systematics of the feliform Carnivora". Mammalian Biology. 72 (5): 257–282. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2006.10.011.
^ Morales, Jorge; Mayda, Serdar; Valenciano, Alberto; DeMiguel, Daniel; Kaya, Tanju (2019). "A new lophocyonid, Izmirictis cani gen. et sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), from the lower Miocene of Turkey". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. Online Edition. 17 (16): 1347–1358. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1529000. hdl:10261/223616. S2CID 91268744.

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[msw3-1] Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 562–571. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[W60-1-2] Wozencraft, 2005, pp. 560–561

[pp-3] S. Smith. All about Herpestoidea. p. 150–231. Retrieved 08.31.2018

[2007Barycka-4] Barycka, E. (2007). "Evolution and systematics of the feliform Carnivora". Mammalian Biology. 72 (5): 257–282. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2006.10.011.

[Izmirictis-5] Morales, Jorge; Mayda, Serdar; Valenciano, Alberto; DeMiguel, Daniel; Kaya, Tanju (2019). "A new lophocyonid, Izmirictis cani gen. et sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), from the lower Miocene of Turkey". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. Online Edition. 17 (16): 1347–1358. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1529000. hdl:10261/223616. S2CID 91268744.

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