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-SKUNKS-
*aka ‘mephitidae’*
-PROCYONIDAE-
(“raccoons”)
-MUSTELIDAE-
(“weasels”)
-AILURIDAE-
(“red pandas”)
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-‘musteloidea’ is a ‘super-family’ of ‘carnivoran mammals’ united by shared characters of the ‘skull’ + ‘teeth’-
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(‘musteloids’ share a ‘common ancestor’ with the ‘pinnipeds’)
(‘pinnipeds’ is group which includes ‘seals’)
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(the ‘musteloidea super-family’ consists of 4 ‘families’…)
‘ailuridae’
(red pandas)
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‘mustelidae’
(‘mustelids’)
(‘weasels’ / ‘otters’ / ‘martens’ / ‘badgers’)
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‘procyonidae’
(‘procyonids’)
(‘raccoons’ / ‘coatis’ / ‘kinkajous’ / ‘olingos’ / ‘olinguitos’ / ‘ringtails’ / ‘cacomistles’)
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‘mephitidae’
(‘skunks’)
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(in ‘north america’, ‘ursoids’ + ‘musteloids’ first appear in the chadronian (‘late eocene’))
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In Europe, ursoids and musteloids first appear in the early Oligocene immediately following the Grande Coupure.
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(the superfamily “musteloidea” may not be a ‘mono-phyletic group’)
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(‘some’ (or ‘all’) of the ‘diagnostic characters’ could have evolved into 2 or more independent radiations from ‘primitive ursoids’ such as amphicynodon)
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