Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Carnivora

Subsequent positions

Mustelida (Parvorder) Tedford, 1976

Original entries

Questionably Ailurinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1843
Questionably †Amphictis (Genus) Pomel, 1853
Questionably †Angustictis (Genus) Wolsan, 1993
Questionably Bassariscinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1869
Questionably †Bavarictis (Genus) Mödden, 1981
Questionably †Broiliana (Genus) Dehm, 1950
Questionably †Mustelavus (Genus) J. Clark, in Scott & Jepsen, 1936
Questionably Potosinae (Subfamily) (Degland, 1854) Trouessart, 1904
Questionably †Simocyoninae (Subfamily) Dawkins, 1868

Current position

Musteloidea (Parvorder) Kretzoi, 1929

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27); Upham et al., 2019: Data S3.

Alternative positions

Arctoidea (Superfamily) Flower, 1869	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 634.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 332.
Mustelida (Parvorder) Tedford, 1976	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 270; Flynn et al., 2005: fig. 5.

Historical positions

Musteloidea (Parvorder) Kretzoi, 1929	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 624.
Mustelida (Parvorder) Tedford, 1976	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 270.
Caniformia (Suborder) Kretzoi, 1943	Ref: A. Turner, 1997
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: 1995
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 332; 6.
Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 104.
Arctoidea (Superfamily) Flower, 1869	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 634.
Arctoidea (Superfamily) Flower, 1869	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1042.
Fissipedia (Suborder) (Blumenbach, 1791)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6g;15s;73ss; ‡1ss; †15g;2s;1ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 11 Dec 2014	[6g;15s;73ss; †15g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	6g;12s
2005	W.C. Wozencraft: 628	[6g;14s;74ss; ‡1ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[7g; †16g]
1993	W.C. Wozencraft	6g;18[17]s; ‡[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[6g];~13s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2sf;[8g;16s]