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Record 1 2008-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
CONT

Older classification schemes divided the order [Carnivora] into two suborders: Fissipedia (which included the families of primarily land Carnivora) and Pinnipedia (which included the true seals, eared seals, and walrus). However, it is now recognized that the Fissipedia is a paraphyletic group and that the pinnipeds were not the sister group to the fissipeds but rather had arisen from among them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
CONT

L'ordre des carnivores était autrefois divisé en carnivores marins, ou pinnipèdes (phoques et otaries) et carnivores terrestres, ou fissipèdes (félins, canidés, etc.). Cette division, qui ne correspond pas à la réalité de l'évolution du groupe, n'a plus cours dans la classification scientifique.

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