Fissipedia

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

Latin fissipes (“cloven-footed”) (from fissus (“divided, cloven”) + stem of pes (“foot”)) + -ia

Proper noun

Fissipedia

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic suborder within the order Carnivora – the land carnivores.

Hyponyms

• (suborder): Canidae, Felidae, Herpestidae, Hyaenidae, Mephitidae, Mustelidae, Nimravidae, Procyonidae, Ursidae, Viverridae - families

Coordinate terms

• Pinnipedia (before becoming a separate order)