Ferae

E735580

Ferae is a mammalian clade that primarily includes carnivorans (such as dogs, cats, and bears) and pangolins, reflecting a close evolutionary relationship between these groups.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ferae canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mammalian clade ⓘ
characterizedBy close evolutionary relationship between Carnivora and Pholidota ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
contrastsWith Arctocyonidae-based traditional groupings ⓘ
definedBy molecular phylogenetic analyses ⓘ
hasAlternativeCircumscription sometimes proposed to include Mesonychia ⓘ
sometimes proposed to include extinct Creodonta ⓘ
sometimes restricted to Carnivora and Pholidota only ⓘ
hasDiagnosticFeature molecular synapomorphies uniting Carnivora and Pholidota ⓘ
shared cranial and dental traits among member orders ⓘ
hasEtymologyLanguage Latin ⓘ
hasEtymologyMeaning wild beasts ⓘ
hasMemberSpeciesExample Canis lupus familiaris ⓘ
Felis catus ⓘ
Manis javanica ⓘ
Panthera leo ⓘ
Ursus arctos ⓘ
hasRank clade ⓘ
hasTemporalOrigin Paleocene or earlier in the Cenozoic ⓘ
higherTaxonFor bears ⓘ
cats ⓘ
dogs ⓘ
pangolins ⓘ
includes Carnivora ⓘ
Pholidota ⓘ
includesCommon carnivorans ⓘ
pangolins ⓘ
includesExampleTaxon Canidae ⓘ
Felidae ⓘ
Hyaenidae ⓘ
Manidae ⓘ
Mustelidae ⓘ
Ursidae ⓘ
includesExtinctGroup some extinct carnivoran lineages ⓘ
infraclass Eutheria ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
partOf Laurasiatheria ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
recognizedIn modern mammalian classification systems ⓘ
sisterGroupTo Euungulata ⓘ
subclass Theria ⓘ
superorder Laurasiatheria ⓘ
supportedBy mitochondrial DNA data ⓘ
morphological characters ⓘ
nuclear DNA data ⓘ
retroposon insertion patterns ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pholidota → belongsToClade → Ferae ⓘ