Dichotomous Key/Carnivora
Carnivora | |
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Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Subphylum | Vertebrata |
Class | Mammalia |
Subclass | Placentalia |
Order | Carnivora |
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Parent key: Mammalia |
Subclasses |
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Marsupialia - Monotremata - Placentalia |
Key: Carnivora |
Suborders |
Caniformia - Feliformia |
1
- Habitat
- Aquatic - #2: Pinnipedia
- Land - #3: Fissipedia
2: Pinnipedia
- Tusks
- Present - Odobenidae
- Not present - #4
3: Fissipedia
- Auditory bulla
- Single-chambered or partially divided - #5: Caniformia
- Double-chambered - #6: Feliformia
4
5: Caniformia
- Presence of scent glands used defensively
- Present - Mephitidae
- Not present - #7
6: Feliformia
7
Could be Mustelidae, Ursidae, Procyonidae, or Canidae.
8
Could be Felidae, Herpestidae, Viverridae, or Nandiniidae.