Ferae

Ferae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous to present
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Grandorder: Ferungulata
Mirorder: Ferae
Linnaeus, 1758
Subgroups
Synonyms
list of synonyms:
  • Carnaria (Haeckel, 1866)
  • Carnassia (Haeckel, 1895)
  • Carnivora (Zagorodniuk, 2008)
  • Carnivoramorpha (Kalandadze & Rautian, 1992)
  • Ferina (Newman, 1843)
  • Ostentoria (Amrine-Madsen, 2003)
  • Rapacia (Newman, 1843)
  • Sarcotheria (Haeckel, 1895)

Ferae (/ˈfɪər/ FEER-ee, Latin: [ˈfɛrae̯], "wild beasts") is a mirorder of placental mammals in grandorder Ferungulata, that groups together clades Pan-Carnivora (that includes carnivorans and their fossil relatives) and Pholidotamorpha (pangolins and their fossil relatives), and extinct order Pantolesta.