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Cryptoproctinae (disused)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Cryptoproctina was named by Gray (1865). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Cryptoproctinae by Mivart (1882); it was reranked as the family Cryptoproctidae by Flower (1869) and Cope (1889).

It was assigned to Viverridae by Mivart (1882); and to Fissipedia by Flower (1869) and Cope (1889).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Cryptoproctidae Flower
1882Cryptoproctinae Mivart p. 143
1889Cryptoproctidae Cope p. 876

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
subfamilyCryptoproctinae(Gray 1865)
subfamilyCryptoproctinae(Gray 1865)

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. Cryptoproctinae Gray 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available