Aeluroidea
Aeluroidea is an extant superfamily of feline-like carnivores that are, or were, endemic to North America, South America, Africa, and Asia. They appeared during the Oligocene about.
This superfamily includes the extant families of: Felidae, Herpestidae, Hyaenidae and Viverridae.
Extinct genera include Africanictis, Anictis, Asiavorator, Haplogale, Herpestides, Mioprionodon, Moghradictis, Palaeoprionodon, Proailurus, Shandgolictis, Stenogale, and Stenoplesictis.Taxonomy
Aeluroidea was named by Flower. It was assigned to Carnivora by Flower and Carroll ; and to Feliformia by Bryant.
