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Taxonomy
Ailuropodidae was named as a family. It is extant.
It was reranked as the tribe Ailuropodini by Chorn and Hoffman (1978) and Jin et al. (2007); it was reranked as the subfamily Ailuropodinae by Kurtén (1985), O'Brien et al. (1985), Van Valen (1986), O'Brien et al. (1986), Abella et al. (2012) and de Bones et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Agriotheriinae by Chorn and Hoffman (1978); to Ursinae by Jin et al. (2007); and to Ursidae by Kurtén (1985), O'Brien et al. (1985), Van Valen (1986), O'Brien et al. (1986), Abella et al. (2012) and de Bones et al. (2017).
It was reranked as the tribe Ailuropodini by Chorn and Hoffman (1978) and Jin et al. (2007); it was reranked as the subfamily Ailuropodinae by Kurtén (1985), O'Brien et al. (1985), Van Valen (1986), O'Brien et al. (1986), Abella et al. (2012) and de Bones et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Agriotheriinae by Chorn and Hoffman (1978); to Ursinae by Jin et al. (2007); and to Ursidae by Kurtén (1985), O'Brien et al. (1985), Van Valen (1986), O'Brien et al. (1986), Abella et al. (2012) and de Bones et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Ailuropodini Chorn and Hoffman p. 1 |
| 1985 | Ailuropodinae Kurtén p. 487 |
| 1985 | Ailuropodinae O'Brien et al. p. 144 |
| 1986 | Ailuropodinae O'Brien et al. p. 428 |
| 1986 | Ailuropodinae Van Valen p. 428 |
| 2007 | Ailuropodini Jin et al. p. 10935 |
| 2012 | Ailuropodinae Abella et al. p. 2 |
| 2017 | Ailuropodinae de Bones et al. p. 414 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. Ailuropodinae
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G. †Agriarctos Kretzoi 1942
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†Agriarctos depereti Schlosser 1902
†Agriarctos gaali Kretzoi 1942
†Agriarctos vighi Kretzoi 1942
Tr. †Agriotheriini
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G. †Agriotherium Wagner 1837
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†Agriotherium aecuatorialis Morales et al. 2005
†Agriotherium africanum Hendey 1972
†Agriotherium hendeyi Jiangzuo and Flynn 2019
†Agriotherium inexpetans Qiu et al. 1991
†Agriotherium insigne Gervais 1853
†Agriotherium palaeindicum Lydekker 1884
†Agriotherium sivalensis Cautley and Falconer 1836
Invalid names: Hyaenarctos Falconer and Cautley 1845 [synonym]
G. †Huracan Jiangzuo et al. 2023
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†Huracan coffeyi Jiangzuo et al. 2023
†Huracan gregoryi Frick 1926
†Huracan qiui Jiangzuo et al. 2023
G. †Indarctos Pilgrim 1913
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†Indarctos anthracitis Weithofer 1888
†Indarctos arctoides Deperet 1895
†Indarctos atticus Weithofer 1888
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Invalid names: Indarctos bakalovi Kovachev 1988 [synonym], Indarctos lagrelii Zdansky 1924 [synonym], Indarctos sinensis Zdansky 1924 [synonym]
†Indarctos nevadensis Macdonald 1959
†Indarctos oregonensis Merriam et al. 1916
†Indarctos punjabiensis Lydekker 1884
†Indarctos salmontanus Pilgrim 1913
†Indarctos vireti Villalta and Crusafont 1943
†Indarctos zdanskyi Qiu and Tedford 2003
G. †Ailurarctos Qiu and Qi 1989
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†Ailurarctos lufengensis Qiu and Qi 1989
†Ailurarctos yuanmouenensis Zong 1997
G. Ailuropoda Milne-Edwards 1870 [giant panda]
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†Ailuropoda baconi Woodward 1915
†Ailuropoda fovealis Matthew and Granger 1923
Ailuropoda melanoleuca David 1869 [giant panda]
†Ailuropoda microta Pei 1962
†Ailuropoda wulingshanensis Wang et al. 1982
Invalid names: Aelureidopus Woodward 1915 [synonym], Ailuropus Milne-Edwards 1871 [objective synonym], Pandarctos Gervais 1870 [objective synonym]
Tr. †Indarctini Abella et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available