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Procyonidae (/ΛproΚsiΛΛΙnΙͺdiΛ/ PROH-see-ON-i-dee)[1] is a New World family of the order Carnivora.[2] It includes the raccoons, ringtails, cacomistles, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, and olinguitos. Procyonids inhabit a wide range of environments and are generally omnivorous.
Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized feliform mammals, comprising 14 genera with 33 species. This family was named and first described by John Edward Gray in 1821.[3] Viverrids occur all over Africa, in southern Europe, and in South and Southeast Asia on both sides of the Wallace Line.[4]
The Mustelidae (/mΚΛstΙlΙͺdiΛ/;[2] from Latin mustela, weasel) are a diverse family of carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids (/ΛmΚstΙͺlΙͺdz/[3]), they form the largest family in the suborder Caniformia of the order Carnivora with about 66 to 70 species in nine subfamilies.[4]
Leporidae (/lΙΛpΙΛrΙͺdiΛ, -daΙͺ/) is the family of rabbits and hares (Lepus), containing over 70 species of extant mammals in all. Together with the pikas, the Leporidae constitute the mammalian order Lagomorpha. Leporidae differ from pikas in that they have short, furry tails and elongated ears and hind legs.
Osteichthyes (/ΛΙstiΛΛΙͺkΞΈiΛz/ ost-ee-IK-theez; from Ancient Greek α½ΟΟΞΞΏΞ½ (ostΓ©on) 'bone' and αΌ°ΟΞΈΟΟ (ikhthΓΊs) 'fish'),[2] also known as osteichthyans or commonly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse clade of vertebrate animals that have endoskeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They can be contrasted with the Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) and the extinct placoderms and acanthodians, which have endoskeletons primarily composed of cartilage. The vast majority of extant fish are members of Osteichthyes, being an extremely diverse and abundant group consisting of 45 orders, over 435 families and 28,000 species.[3]
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