"Eochiropterans"
Temporal range: YpresianPriabonian56–33 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 edit

Carnivora Ecology edit

Human relationships with carnivorans edit

Competitors edit

Domestication edit

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 edit

Extinct taxa edit

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 edit

Otarioidea Phylogeny edit

Odobenidae Phylogeny edit

Phocid Phylogeny edit

Bear Phylogeny edit

References edit