The Felidae family is part of the Carnivora order along with the Canidae (dog) and Ursidae (bear) families. The Carnivora order is divided into two main suborders: the Feliformia, which includes ...

In the study, the authors scanned skulls of red and arctic foxes (from the Canidae family) and lynx and puma skulls (from the Felidae family) at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan.