Musteloidea

Short description: Superfamily of carnivoran mammals

Musteloidea

Temporal range: Oligocene–Present

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Left-right: spotted skunk, red panda, wolverine and raccoon; representing the families Mephitidae, Ailuridae, Mustelidae and Procyonidae.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Mammalia
Order:  | Carnivora
Infraorder:  | Arctoidea
Superfamily:  | Musteloidea
Fischer, 1817
Families

* Ailuridae
* Mephitidae
* Mustelidae (type)
* Procyonidae
* Incertae sedis
* †Peignictis

Musteloidea is a superfamily of carnivoran mammals united by shared characteristics of the skull and teeth. Musteloids are the sister group of pinnipeds, the group which includes seals.[1]

The Musteloidea consists of the families Ailuridae (red pandas), Mustelidae (mustelids: weasels, otters, martens and badgers), Procyonidae (procyonids: raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, olinguitos, ringtails and cacomistles), and Mephitidae (skunks and stink badgers).

In North America, ursoids and musteloids first appear in the Chadronian[citation needed] (late Eocene). In Europe, ursoids and musteloids first appear in the early Oligocene immediately following the Grande Coupure.

The cladogram is based on molecular phylogeny of six genes in Flynn (2005),[2] with the musteloids updated following the multigene analysis of Law et al. (2018).[3]

Caniformia |  |  |

Canidae (dogs and other canines)

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Arctoidea |  |  |

Ursidae (bears)

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Pinnipedia (seals)

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Musteloidea |  |  |

Mephitidae (skunks)

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Ailuridae (red panda)

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Procyonidae (raccoons and allies)

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Mustelidae (weasels and allies)

("weasel" superfamily)

## References

1. ↑ Welsey-Hunt, G.D.; Flynn, J.J. (2005). "Phylogeny of the Carnivora: basal relationships among the Carnivoramorphans, and assessment of the position of 'Miacoidea' relative to Carnivora". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3 (1): 1–28. doi:10.1017/S1477201904001518.
2. ↑ Flynn, J. J.; Finarelli, J. A.; Zehr, S.; Hsu, J.; Nedbal, M. A. (2005). "Molecular phylogeny of the Carnivora (Mammalia): Assessing the impact of increased sampling on resolving enigmatic relationships". Systematic Biology 54 (2): 317–37. doi:10.1080/10635150590923326. PMID 16012099.
3. ↑ Law, Chris J.; Slater, Graham J.; Mehta, Rita S. (2018-01-01). "Lineage Diversity and Size Disparity in Musteloidea: Testing Patterns of Adaptive Radiation Using Molecular and Fossil-Based Methods" (in en). Systematic Biology 67 (1): 127–144. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syx047. ISSN 1063-5157. PMID 28472434.

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*[†]: Extinct