Carnivora

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<==Carnivora
   |  i. s.: Promephitis hootoni
   |         Eucyon davisi
   |         Osbornodon
   |         Ectopocynus
   |         Putorius nambianus (Cope 1874) [=Martes nambianus, Mustela nambiana]
   |         Vulpavus
   |           |--V. canavus
   |           |--V. ovatus
   |           `--V. profectus
   |         Neovison vison
   |--Miacis [incl. Uintacyon; Miacoidea]
   |    |--M. parvivorus
   |    `--M. sylvestris
   |--Caniformia [Simocyoninae]
   |    |--[Canidae]
   |    `--Arctoidea
   |         |--+--Mustelidae
   |         |  `--Mustelictis
   |         `--+--Ursida
   |            |    |--Pinnipedia
   |            |    `--+--Ursidae
   |            |       `--Amphicynodon
   |            `--+--+--Procyonidae
   |               |  `--Broiliana
   |               `--+--Simocyon
   |                  `--Ailuridae [Ailurinae]
   |                       |--Pristinailurus Wallace & Wang 2004
   |                       |    `--*P. bristoli Wallace & Wang 2004
   |                       `--+--Ailurus fulgens
   |                          |    |--A. f. fulgens
   |                          |    `--A. f. styani
   |                          `--Parailurus
   |                               |--P. anglicus
   |                               `--P. hungaricus
   `--Feliformia [Feloidea, Viverridae]
        |  i. s.: Tungurictis
        |         Pseudocivetta ingens
        |--Nandinia [Nandiniinae]
        |    `--N. binotata
        `--+--+--+--Felidae
           |  |  `--Palaeogalidae
           |  |       |--Palaeogale
           |  |       `--Cryptailurus Martin & Lim 2001
           |  |            `--*C. tedfordi Martin & Lim 2001
           |  `--Nimravidae
           |       |--Barbourofelis lovei
           |       |--Nimravus
           |       |--Pogonodon
           |       `--Eusmilus
           |            |--E. bidentatus
           |            |--E. cerebralis
           |            `--E. sicarius
           `--+--+--Herpestidae
              |  `--Hyaenidae
              `--+--Viverrinae
                 `--+--Hemigalinae
                    |    |--Diplogale hosei
                    |    |--Chrotogale owstonii
                    |    |--Hemigalus
                    |    |    |--H. derbyanus
                    |    |    `--H. hosei
                    |    `--Cynogale
                    |         |--C. bennettii
                    |         `--C. lowei
                    `--Paradoxurinae
                         |--Paguma larvata Hamilton-Smith 1827
                         |--Arctictis binturong
                         |--Macrogalidia musschenbroekii
                         |--Arctogalidia trivirgata
                         `--Paradoxurus
                              |--P. hermaphroditus (Pallas 1777)
                              |--P. jerdoni
                              `--P. zeylonensis

* Type species of generic name indicated

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