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alligatorinaea subfamily within the family Alligatoridae that contains the alligators and their closest extinct relatives, and is the sister taxon to Caimaninae (the caimans).
caviomorphnounAny rodent of the infraorder (sometimes parvorder) Caviomorpha, that unites all South American hystricognaths.
caviidaeCaviidae, the cavy family, is composed of rodents native to South America and includes the domestic guinea pig, wild cavies, and the largest living rodent, the capybara.
giraffoideaa superfamily that includes the families Climacoceratidae, Prolibytheriidae, and Giraffidae.
crocodyloideaone of three superfamilies of crocodilians, the other two being Alligatoroidea and Gavialoidea, and it includes the crocodiles.
reptilenoun(informal) Any member of the class Reptilia that is not a bird— a cold-blooded vertebrate with dry scales that usually lays eggs, such as a lizard, snake, turtle, tortoise, crocodile, alligator, etc.
alligatoridaeThe family Alligatoridae of crocodylians includes alligators, caimans and their extinct relatives.
felidaethe family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats.
metatheria(from Greek , 'changed' and , 'beast'; ) a mammalian clade that includes all mammals more closely related to marsupials than to placentals.
longirostresa clade of crocodilians that includes the crocodiles and the gavialids, to the exclusion of the alligatoroids.
carnivoranounCarnivorans.
callitrichidaeThe (also called Arctopitheci or Hapalidae) a family of New World monkeys, including marmosets, tamarins, and lion tamarins.
colubroideaa superfamily of snakes in the clade Colubroides that includes Colubridae, with some studies splitting Colubridae into multiple families that make up Colubroidea.
carnivoraformes—
cetruminantiaa clade made up of the Cetancodontamorpha (or Whippomorpha) and their closest living relatives, the Ruminantia.
feliformiaa suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "cat-like" carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, viverrids, and related taxa.
suinaea subfamily of artiodactyl mammals that includes several of the extant members of Suidae and their closest relatives – the domestic pig and related species, such as babirusas.
avetheropoda—
batrachiaThe Batrachia are a clade of amphibians that includes frogs and salamanders, but not caecilians nor the extinct allocaudates.
moschidaea family of pecoran even-toed ungulates, containing the musk deer (Moschus) and its extinct relatives.

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