#caniformia

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Mammals

Caniformia. This suborder of Carnivora contains dogs, foxes, bears, otters, badgers, raccoons, skunks, seals, and walruses.

Feliformia. This suborder of Carnivora is made up of the felines, as well as hyenas and mongooses.

#animals #biology #dogs #foxes #bears #otters #raccoons #seals #mammals #tetrapods #cats #lions #mongooses #hyenas #Caniformia #Feliformia #0x1fv0xe0 #animal tournament #Animal Tournament Round 1

[sourcreammachine]

even before finding out about the Caniformia suborder, most people, like, know it exists. it makes sense. everyone already understands that bears and seals and ferrets are breeds of dog

#196 #caniformia #dogs #wolves #bears #seal #ferret

[dog-and-doglike-tourney]

Red fox

Spotted skunk

#skunk #tumblr tournament #polls #!!! #fox #caniformia #doglike #dogs #tumblr polls #aaaaaaa

[neurovarious]

ive found another beast with an Exceptional shape. this is a white nosed coati and they have such snoots...

#&c. #chatter chatter #🎸🦈 #white nosed coati #coatimundi #coati #caniformia #mammalia #mammals #animals #zoology

[animalids]

Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi)

Photo by Marlin Harms

#pacific harbor seal #harbor seal #phoca vitulina richardsi #phoca vitulina #phoca #phocini #phocinae #phocidae #phocoidea #caniformia #carnivora #laurasiatheria #placentalia #mammalia #tetrapoda #vertebrata #chordata

[anirobot]

#Korkeasaari Zoo #Suomi #Finland #Uusimaa #Helsinki #European brown bear #Ursus arctos fennicus #Carnivora #Caniformia #Ursidae #ursus #Ursus arctos #Spring #Hibernation #Winter sleep #Denning #To Hibernation #Wake Up #Awake

[tysonfurybattlepass]

Were there any saber tooth extinct guys on the dog side of things?

interestingly enough, caniformia as a suborder seems to be notably lacking in any saber-toothed representatives. though i can’t find any research specifically into this topic, i do have my own hypothesis as to why, and it hinges on two major points:

first has to do with the basal morphology of the lineage; in general, caniformia tend to lean toward smaller and more numerous teeth. relative to skull size, most caniforms have relatively short, thin canines. this means that, evolutionarily speaking, they simply have less to work with in regards to expressing a saber-toothed phenotype.

^chad felid fangs vs virgin canid fangs

it would take a lot more evolutionary innovation to turn the average caniform canine tooth to what we would consider a saber, so without incredibly intense selective pressure, it wouldn’t be likely to occur.

which brings me to point number 2; there isn’t really any selective pressure for caniforms to develop huge canines, since the saber-toothed phenotype wouldn’t actually be that beneficial for most caniform animals. this is because the saber-toothed build synergizes best with ambush predators that need to kill large prey quickly. sabers can deliver massive damage in a single strike, but are generally very fragile and so using them recklessly on moving targets often ends in a permanently broken tooth.

if we look at the way that caniforms like canids hunt, they are generally persistence predators without the strength needed to physically restrain an animal for a kill strike. rather, they rely on accumulative damage done by multiple bites over the course of a chase in order to bring down large animals. with this strategy in mind, very thin, fragile, and unwieldy saber teeth simply would be more of a liability than an advantage.

on the ursidae side of things, we see primarily generalist omnivorous animals that generally don’t hunt things bigger than themselves (even the hypercarnivorous polar bear only eats seals, which are much smaller than the bears themselves), so gigantic saber teeth are simply not necessary. the same could be said for mustelids, pinnipeds, and procyonids, which trend toward the small-to-medium generalist lifestyle.

if saber teeth are a very specialized strategy developed specifically for dispatching massive prey quickly, then no caniforms really have a lifestyle that would call for such an adaptation. likely because feliforms took a stranglehold on the ambush predator niche as soon as they appeared, and as of now have not let go of it yet. as cool as it would be to see a saber toothed dog or bear or raccoon, the sad truth is that it wouldn’t work logistically :(

#jordan talks #evolutionary biology #caniformia

[waldensblog]

The Cat/Dog Binary

The other day I was looking up what families hyenas and foxes belong to because my husband was shocked when I told him that hyenas are more closely related to cats than dogs, and then I stumbled onto this. Carnivora is an order, with EXACTLY TWO sub-orders: Caniformia and Feliformia It is literally divided into “this is more like a dog” or “this is more like a cat”. 

I like to imagine biologists sat down with some kinda cat/dog binary scale and went:

“Bear” 

“Hmmm... dog-like.”

“Okay... mongoose?”

 “I’d say cat-like.”

“Walrus.”

“Definitely dog.”  

And we all know what would fall in the exact middle of a Kinsey-esque Cat/Dog scale:

#biology #I found it hilarious that there's literally TWO suborders and its based on proximity to cat vs proximity to dog #everything revolves around cat-dog binary #catdog #carnivora #feliformia #caniformia #canines #felines #canids #felids #cats #dogs #bears #mongoose #walrus

[immoren]

#clint's reptiles #caniformia #cladistics #personal #Youtube

[zoologytopics]

Caniformia

The Caniformia is a suborder is classified in the order Carnivora. They include dogs, bears, raccoons, mustelids, and the clade Pinnipedia. There are 9 extant families and 3 extinct families.

#caniformia #carnivora #animals #classification #zoology #dogs #bears #raccoons #mustelids #pinnipedia

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Mammals

Caniformia. This suborder of Carnivora contains dogs, foxes, bears, otters, badgers, raccoons, skunks, seals, and walruses.

Whippomorpha. This suborder of even-toed ungulates have for the most part lost their toes, becoming dolphins and whales. It also includes hippos.

#animals #biology #polls #poll tournament #zoology #dogs #foxes #bears #otters #badgers #raccoons #skunks #seals #mammals #tetrapods #hippos #dolphins #whales #Caniformia #Whippomorpha #0x1fv0x20

[wyrms-and-wingedthings]

I’ve Figured it out!

As seen in my intro post I’ve finally found it.

I am gonna start identifying as Cladotherian for Caniformia animals. It’s making things so much clearer for me!!! I’m so happy!!!!!

#otherkin #therian #alterhuman #therianthropy #nonhuman #otherkin community #canine theriotype #canine therian #caninekin #canid therian #Caniformia therian #cladotherian #bearkin #bear therian #fox theriotype #fox kin #badger therian #coyotekin #racoon therian

[dog-and-doglike-tourney]

Arctic fox

Raccoon dog

#tumblr tournament #doglike #dogs #caniformia #polls #tumblr polls #fox #raccoon dog #arctic fox #!!! #yippee

[irrfahrer]

What Is Your Duality? Your Result: moon curse of the werewolf you have found yourself hungered or sickened or ambitious to the point of emotional carnage. you are fine, until you're not, and then you could rip someone in your way apart with your bared teeth by complete accident, and later claw at yourself in fits of pain trying to apologize. do you look at the moon that blessed you in her name, at her marred beauty and baneful eyes, and wish she could just crush that loving-hateful heart of yours before it crushes itself? every bite you take out of flesh is a response to the threads of silver bullets in you that haven't healed. the duality is that the human inside is howling too, gnashing, and without the wolf pelt, everyone can ignore it and turn away. at some point, you got tired of the moon being your only witness. now the wolf is there to make sure others know that you are hurt, and deserving of humanity, of attention to wounds. because that wolf loves you; all of you; and knows when you are hurt better than yourself.

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#when I joked that Ziv is technically a theraphy dog because she is a caniformia I DID NOT MEANT IT THAT WAY #but yeh #fits her? #headcanon #irrfahrer #Ziv Odiz' Zee

[anirobot]

WWF Wildlive  –  Baltic ringed seal                            

#Yle.fi #Suomi #Finland #South Finland #West Finland #Baltic sea #Baltic ringed seal #Live stream #Norppalive #Pusa hispida botnica #Pusa hispida #Pinnipeda #Pinnipeds #pohjanlahdennorppa #Phoca hispida botnica #Mammalia #Phocidae #Carnivora #Caniformia

[leopardsealz]

in my head i like to group mustelids, viverrids & mongooses together as "noodle-type beasts"

#sam.txt #mustelids may be caniformia & the other two may be feliformia but they are all so Shaped