BIOL 4141 Chapter : Carnivora Mammology 2014
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Order carnivora: characters of extant carnivorans. Loss of the third molar. Carnasials (shearing p4/m1) present in many. Foot posture usually digicgrade or plancgrade. Figure 16- 1: one phylogeny of the carnivora. Adapated from nyakatura k & o bininda- emonds, bmc biology, 10 (2012), online. Feliformia: nandiniidae (african palm civet, felidae (cats, viverridae (civets and genets, hyaenidae (hyenas and aardwolf, herpescdae (mongooses, eupleridae (malagasy civets and mongooses) Family felidae: 14 genera and 40 species, excellent predators, worldwide except antarccca, australia, Madagascar, some oceanic islands: number of teeth reduced. Anterior- most upper premolar is strongly reduced or lost. Family felidae: excellent senses of smell, sight, and hearing, many species nocturnal. Lions are social live in large prides. Figure 16- a: masked palm civet (paguma larvata) Family eupleridae: 8 species, largest (cryptoprocta ferox) is agile climber with retraccle claws. Feeds on small lemurs: most nocturnal and terrestrial, the rare malagasy falanouc (eupleres goudo
