Science in the Running

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Mammal Genealogy.  Totally.

I am going to do this as a detailed outline.  Note: {This is genealogy} [this is pro-nun-ci-a-tion] and (this is juicy little notes on the side lines)

Order Canivora [kar nih' for uh] (sorted out by carnassial teeth)

1. Family Canidae [kan' ih day] (true dogs) {Caniform}

• Wolves {Canis Lupis}
• Coyotes {Canis latrans}
• Red Foxes {Vulpes vulpes}
• Artic Foxes {Vulpes lagopus}
• Jackals {?}
• Dingoes {Canis familiaris dingo} (dingoes are not another type of true dog but actually a micro-evolved domestic dog)
• Domesticated Dogs {Canis familiars}
• Raccoon Dogs {Nyctereutes procyonoides}
• African Wild Dogs {Lycaon pictus}

     2.  Family Ursidae (a family of dog-like animals) {Caniform}

• American Black Bear {Ursus americanus}
• Polar bear {ursus maritimus} (I'm running out of screen time)
• Sun Bears {Helarctos malayanus}
• Giant Pandas {Ailuropada melanoleuca}
• Brown Bears {Ursus arctos} (also know as grizzly)

      3.  Family Mustelidae  {Caniform}

• Badgers
• wolverines
• otters
• martens
• ferrets
•  weasels

     4.  Family Felidae {Feliform}
     +Sub-Order Pantherinae

• Lions
• Tigers
• Jaguars
• leopards
• Panthars

     +Sub-Order Felinae

• Lynxes
• Domestic Cats

     +Sub Order Acinonychinae

• Cheetahs

That's all for now folks!