"Eochiropterans"
Temporal range: Ypresian – Priabonian56–33 Ma Descendant taxon Chiroptera survives to present.
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Apo-Chiroptera
Order: Chiroptera
Van Valen, 1979
Groups included
†Onychonycteridae Simmons, Seymour, Habersetzer & Gunnell, 2008
†Icaronycteridae Jepsen, 1966
†Archaeonycteridae Revilliod, 1917
†Tanzanycteridae Gunnellet al., 2003
†Hassianycteridae Habersetzer & Storch, 1987
†Palaeochiropterygidae Revilliod, 1917
†Aegyptonycteridae Simmons, Seiffert & Gunnell, 2016
Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa
Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779

The Eochiroptera is an informal grade of bats that consists of

Volitantia


Carnivora Behavior

Carnivora Ecology

Human relationships with carnivorans

Competitors

Domestication

Further information: Origin of the domestic dog § Dog domestication, and Evolution of the domesticated cat

The dog

The dog (Canis [lupus] familiaris) and the cat (Felis catus) are the most popular of pets as well as arguably with the most intimate relationship with humans. Both species have originated in the Old World.

Conversational issues

Extinct taxa

To date there have been four species of carnivorans that gone extinct (as shown in the table chart below). All of these species have in common

Extinct Carnivorans
Scientific Name English Name Distribution Date of Extinction Cause of Extinction Image Figure
Dusicyon australis (Kerr, 1792) Falkland Islands Wolf Falkland Islands 1876 Predator control from farmers
Neovison macrodon (Prentiss, 1903) Sea Mink Gulf of Maine area in New England 1894 Over harvest from the fur-trade
Zalophus japonicus (Peters, 1866) Japanese Sea Lion Sea of Japan 1951 Overhunting from fishermen
Neomonachus tropicalis (J. E. Gray, 1850) Caribbean Monk Seal Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and the western Atlantic Ocean 1952 Overhunted for their oil and depletion of food sources

Stem-Pinniped Phylogeny

Otarioidea Phylogeny

Otarioidea
†Desmatophocidae

Odobenidae

Panotariidae

†Eotaria

Otariidae
Callorhinae

†Pithanotaria

Callorhinus

Otariinae

†Thalassoleon

Zalophini

Zalophus

†Proterozetes

†Oriensarctos

Eumetopias

Otariini

Odobenidae Phylogeny

Odobenidae

Phocid Phylogeny

Phocinae

†Frisiphoca

†Leptophoca

†Cryptophoca

†Monotherium

†Prophoca

†Monachopsis

†Sarmatonectes

†Phocanella

Bear Phylogeny

Ursidae sensu stricto

References

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