animal order - the order of animals

Eutheria, subclass Eutheria - all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

carnivore - terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb

Pinnipedia, suborder Pinnipedia - seals; sea lions; walruses

Canidae, family Canidae - dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes

family Hyaenidae, Hyaenidae - hyenas

family Felidae, Felidae - cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers

family Ursidae, Ursidae - bears and extinct related forms

family Viverridae, family Viverrinae, Viverridae, Viverrinae - genets; civets; mongooses

family Mustelidae, Mustelidae - weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens

family Procyonidae, Procyonidae - raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas