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Ferungulata

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Ferungulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Scrotifera
Grandorder: Ferungulata
Simpson, 1945[1]
Mirorders

Ferungulata is a group of mammals containing pholidota, carnivora, ungulata, and their extinct relatives. Ferungulata is a sister group to chiroptera, the bats, together these two groups create the clade scrotifera.

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  1. ↑ Simpson, George Gaylord (1945). "The principles of classification and a classification of mammals". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 85: 350. hdl:2246/1104.