Biology Encyclopedia	Ferae Linnaeus, 1758 “translation of the latin”
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Ostentoria

Rapacia

Carnassia

Linnaean Rank

Grandorder

Ancestral Phylogeny and Taxonomy

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

Of the Ferungulata, the sister clade of the Ferae is most likely  Perissodactyla.  If this taxon (Ferae + Perissodactyla) is found to be a monophyletic clade it will be called Zooamata.  Some authors place Chiroptera as the outgroup of Ferungulata, while others make Chiroptera a sister clade to Zooamata in a group that is called Pegasoferae and is itself a sister clade to Cerartiodactyla.  The latter hypothesis would make Cerartiodactyla the outgroup of Ferungulata.

Lineage

Terrabiota, Cytota, Neomura, Eukaryota, Unikonta, Opisthokonta, Animalia, Metazoa, Eumetazoa, Bilateria, Deuterostomia, Cyrtotreta, Chordata, Notochordata, Vertebrata, Gnathostomata,, Teleostomi, Euteleostomi, Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha, Tetrapoda, Reptilomorpha, Cotylosauria, Amniota, Synapsida, Therapsida, Eutherapsida, Neotherapsida, Theriodontia, Cynodontia, Epicynodontia, Eucynodontia, Probainognathia, Mammaliaformes, Mammalia, Cladotheria, Zatheria, Theria, Eutheria, Placentalia, Boreoeutheria, Laurasiatheria, Ferungulata

Descendant Phylogeny and Taxonomy

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

The exact relationships of the clades within Ferae are uncertain.  The extinct Cimolesta is very likely a paraphyletic stem group as it may contain ancestors of the other three groups. 

Morphology

Distribution

Ecology

Ethology

Evolution

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Ethnobiology

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Information on the Internet

• Kriegs JO, Churakov G, Kiefmann M, Jordan U, Brosius J, et al. (2006) Retroposed Elements as Archives for the Evolutionary History of Placental Mammals. PLoS Biol 4(4): e91.  http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0040091 (pdf version)

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