"Eochiropterans" Temporal range: Ypresian – Priabonian56–33 Ma Descendant taxon Chiroptera survives to present. PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Apo-Chiroptera
Order:	Chiroptera Van Valen, 1979
Groups included
†Onychonycteridae Simmons, Seymour, Habersetzer & Gunnell, 2008 †Icaronycteridae Jepsen, 1966 †Archaeonycteridae Revilliod, 1917 †Tanzanycteridae Gunnellet al., 2003 †Hassianycteridae Habersetzer & Storch, 1987 †Palaeochiropterygidae Revilliod, 1917 †Aegyptonycteridae Simmons, Seiffert & Gunnell, 2016
Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa
Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779

The Eochiroptera is an informal grade of bats that consists of

Carnivora Behavior[edit]

Carnivora Ecology[edit]

Human relationships with carnivorans[edit]

Competitors[edit]

Domestication[edit]

The dog

Conversational issues[edit]

Extinct taxa[edit]

To date there have been four species of carnivorans that gone extinct (as shown in the table chart below). All of these species have in common

Extinct Carnivorans
Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Date of Extinction	Cause of Extinction	Image Figure
Dusicyon australis (Kerr, 1792)	Falkland Islands Wolf	Falkland Islands	1876	Predator control from farmers
Neovison macrodon (Prentiss, 1903)	Sea Mink	Gulf of Maine area in New England	1894	Over harvest from the fur-trade
Zalophus japonicus (Peters, 1866)	Japanese Sea Lion	Sea of Japan	1951	Overhunting from fishermen
Neomonachus tropicalis (J. E. Gray, 1850)	Caribbean Monk Seal	Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and the western Atlantic Ocean	1952	Overhunted for their oil and depletion of food sources

Stem-Pinniped Phylogeny[edit]

Otarioidea Phylogeny[edit]

Odobenidae Phylogeny[edit]

Phocid Phylogeny[edit]

Bear Phylogeny[edit]

References[edit]