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Quick facts for kids Caniforms Temporal range: Palaeocene- Recent

Grizzly bears
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia Kretzoi, 1943
Families
Ailuridae (red pandas) Amphicyonidae (bear-dogs, extinct) Canidae (dogs and foxes) Mephitidae (skunks and stink badgers) Mustelidae (weasels, otters, badgers) Odobenidae (walrus) Otariidae (eared seals) Phocidae (earless seals) Procyonidae (raccoons, coatis, olingos) Ursidae (bears)

Caniformia is a suborder of the order Carnivora. It contains all the dog-like mammals: Unlike the cat-like Feliformia, these animals have claws that are unable to contract. This group contains bears, seals, and true dogs, and more.

The other suborder of Carnivora is the cat-like Feliformia.

Classification

Suborder Caniformia ("dog-like")
- Family Canidae: Foxes, Wolves, and Dogs
- Family Ursidae: Bears
- Family Ailuridae: Red Panda
- Family Mephitidae: Skunks
- Family Mustelidae Weasels, Otters, and Badgers
- Family Procyonidae Raccoons
- Superfamily Pinnipedia
  - Family Odobenidae: Walruses
  - Family Otariidae: Eared seals
  - Family Phocidae: Earless seals

Cladogram

Caniformia

Amphicyonidae†

Canidae

Arctoidea

Ursoidea

	Hemicyonidae†

	Ursidae

Pinnipedia

Enaliarctidae†

Phocidae

	Otariidae

	Odobenidae

Musteloidea

Ailuridae

Mephitidae

	Procyonidae

	Mustelidae

Images for kids

Polar bear, the largest terrestrial caniform
The smallest caniform is the least weasel.
Miacis is the earliest known member of the order Carnivora.
Common raccoon (Procyon lotor)

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