Caniformia
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See also: caniformia
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin canifōrmis (“dog-shaped”), from canis (“dog”) + -fōrmis (“having the shape of”).
Proper noun
Caniformia
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Carnivora – pandas, dogs, skunks, walruses, sea lions, seals, racoons, mustelids, and bears.
Hypernyms
- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order
Hyponyms
- (suborder): Musteloidea (superfamily); Pinnipedia (seals, walruses, etc) (clade);
- Ailuridae (red panda), †Amphicyonidae (extinct), Canidae (wolves, dogs), †Enaliarctidae (extinct), †Hemicyonidae (extinct), Mephitidae (skunks), Mustelidae, Odobenidae, Otariidae, Phocidae, Procyonidae, Ursidae (bears) (families)
Translations
taxonomic suborder
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Further reading
Caniformia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Caniformia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Caniformia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
