Canidae
Felidae
Herpestidae
Hyaenidae
Mephitidae
Procyonidae
Ursidae
Viverridae

The suborder Fissipedia are the land-based members of the Carnivora order. By and large members of the sub-order are meat-eaters - the Giant Panda is the notable exception.

In some taxonomic classifications Pinnipedia is treated as an order in its own right, rather than as a suborder within Carnivora. In these classifications, Fissipedia would be the sole sub-order of Carnivora and is thus omitted on the grounds of redundancy.

• ORDER CARNIVORA
  • Suborder Fissipedia
    • Family Canidae: dogs and allies; 35 species in 10 genera
    • Family Procyonidae: raccoons and allies; 19 species in 7 genera
    • Family Ursidae: bears; 8 species in 5 genera
    • Family Mustelidae weasels, ferrets, badgers, and otters; 55 species in 24 genera
    • Family Mephitidae skunks; 10 species in 3 genera
    • Family Felidae: cats; 37 species in 4 genera
    • Family Viverridae: civets and allies; 35 species in 20 genera
    • Family Herpestidae: mongooses and allies; 35 speces in 17 genera
    • Family Hyaenidae: hyenas and Aardwolf; 4 species in 4 genera
  • Suborder Pinnipedia (most authorities list the pinnipeds within Carnivora; others list them as a separate order)