Overheard on Wikipedia: "Ferae (/ˈfɪəriː/ FEER-ee, Latin: [ˈfɛrae̯], "wild beasts") is a mirorder of placental mammals that groups together clades Pan-Carnivora and Pholidotamorpha. The Ferae is a sister group to the clade Pan-Euungulata and together they make grandorder Ferungulata."
Apparently, the mirorder (or was it grandorder) in question also include the extinct Hyaenodonta (sensu stricto) and the Altacreodus/Tinerhodon clade, which is just as non-extant.
Let´s be honest. Cladistics (or should we spell it kladistix) have never been more fun! Not to mention the "immunodiffusion techniques" proving once and for all that pangolins are on the same branch of the evolutionary tree (well, almost) as the carnivorans...
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