feliform
adj/ˈfilɪfɔɹm/US
Etymology
From Latin feles, felis (“cat”) + -form.
- derived from feles
Definitions
Resembling a cat
Resembling a cat; applied to member of the Feliformia, a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of cat-like carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, civets, etc.
- Near-synonym: feloid (often synonymous)
Any carnivore of the suborder Feliformia, which are regarded as cat-like.
- Near-synonym: feloid (often synonymous)
- However, when extinct genera are included, caniforms far outnumber feliforms, with 244 extinct caniform genera to 76 extinct feliform genera, if nimravids are included with feliforms (McKenna and Bell, 1997).
- This arrangement is also found in procyonids; however, in mustelids and feliforms, the artery and the nerve travel through the foramen [39].
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