Home›Mammal Families›Taxonomic Rank›FamilyBrowse ByFamilyTaxonomic rank sorts taxa by their formal level, such as family, genus or order. Wikipedia states plainly that "Felidae is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora," naming both its own rank and the rank directly above it in the same sentence. This dimension lets a visitor compare taxa that sit at the same formal level of classification.FactsFamilySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonTaxonomic Rank OrderWell-attested6 1FamilyFilter Results126 entriesParent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)AllCanis (1)Carnivora (12)Cetacea (5)Felis (1)Leopardus (1)Lynx (1)Panthera (1)Primates (8)Puma (1)Vulpes (1)Geographic DistributionAllOld World, ranging across Afro-Eurasia (1)Everyday GroupAllBat Families (Chiroptera) (13)Carnivoran Families (Cats, Dogs, Bears, Mustelids) (11)Cetacean Families (Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises) (7)Elephant And Relative Families (5)Even-Toed Ungulate Families (Artiodactyla) (8)Insectivore And Shrew Families (15)Marsupial Families (7)Odd-Toed Ungulate Families (Perissodactyla) (3)Other Mammal Families (1)Pinniped Families (Seals, Sea Lions) (2)Primate Families (15)Rodent And Lagomorph Families (35)Xenarthran Families (Sloths, Anteaters, Armadillos) (4)BrowseCompareSelect all 126AbrocomidaeFamilyAiluridaeFamilyAnomaluridaeFamilyAntilocapridaeFamilyAotidaeFamilyAplodontiidaeFamilyAtelidaeFamilyBalaenopteridaeFamilyBathyergidaeFamilyBovidaeFamilyBradypodidaeFamilyCallitrichidaeFamilyCalomyscidaeFamilyCamelidaeFamilyCanidaeFamilyCastoridaeFamilyCaviidaeFamilyCebidaeFamilyCercopithecidaeFamilyCervidaeFamilyCheirogaleidaeFamilyChinchillidaeFamilyChrysochloridaeFamilyCistugidaeFamilyCraseonycteridaeFamilyCricetidaeFamilyCtenodactylidaeFamilyCtenomyidaeFamilyCuniculidaeFamilyDasypodidaeFamilyDasyproctidaeFamilyDasyuridaeFamilyDaubentoniidaeFamilyDelphinidaeFamilyDiatomyidaeFamilyDinomyidaeFamilyDipodidaeFamilyDugongidaeFamilyEchimyidaeFamilyElephantidaeFamilyEmballonuridaeFamilyEquidaeFamilyErethizontidaeFamilyErinaceidaeFamilyEupleridaeFamilyFelidaeFamilyFuripteridaeFamilyGalagidaeFamilyGeomyidaeFamilyGiraffidaeFamilyGliridaeFamilyHeptaxodontidaeFamilyHerpestidaeFamilyHeteromyidaeFamilyHippopotamidaeFamilyHipposideridaeFamilyHominidaeFamilyHyaenidaeFamilyHylobatidaeFamilyHystricidaeFamilyIndriidaeFamilyIniidaeFamilyLemuridaeFamilyLepilemuridaeFamilyLeporidaeFamilyLorisidaeFamilyMacropodidaeFamilyManidaeFamilyMegadermatidaeFamilyMegalonychidaeFamilyMephitidaeFamilyMiniopteridaeFamilyMolossidaeFamilyMonodontidaeFamilyMormoopidaeFamilyMoschidaeFamilyMuridaeFamilyMustelidaeFamilyMyocastoridaeFamilyMyrmecophagidaeFamilyMystacinidaeFamilyMyzopodidaeFamilyNandiniidaeFamilyNatalidaeFamilyNesomyidaeFamilyNoctilionidaeFamilyNycteridaeFamilyOchotonidaeFamilyOctodontidaeFamilyOdobenidaeFamilyOrycteropodidaeFamilyOtariidaeFamilyPedetidaeFamilyPetromuridaeFamilyPhalangeridaeFamilyPhascolarctidaeFamilyPhocidaeFamilyPhocoenidaeFamilyPhyllostomidaeFamilyPhyseteridaeFamilyPitheciidaeFamilyPlatacanthomyidaeFamilyProcyonidaeFamilyPteropodidaeFamilyRhinocerotidaeFamilyRhinolophidaeFamilyRhinonycteridaeFamilyRhinopomatidaeFamilySciuridaeFamilySolenodontidaeFamilySoricidaeFamilySpalacidaeFamilySuidaeFamilyTalpidaeFamilyTapiridaeFamilyTarsiidaeFamilyTenrecidaeFamilyThryonomyidaeFamilyThyropteridaeFamilyTragulidaeFamilyTrichechidaeFamilyUrsidaeFamilyVespertilionidaeFamilyViverridaeFamilyVombatidaeFamilyZapodidaeFamilySources1. Wikipedia: Taxonomic ranktier 2WikipediaTaxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, mammal familiesQuote, Taxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, mammal familieskingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and speciesView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.