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Eucynodontia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Therapsida

Clade
  
Epicynodontia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Suborder
  
Cynodontia

Higher classification
  
Epicynodontia

Eucynodontia

Infraorder
  
Eucynodontia Kemp, 1982

Lifespan
  
Human: 79 years, Cat: 12 – 18 years

Height
  
Human: 1.7 m, Cat: 23 – 25 cm, Gray wolf: 80 – 85 cm

Mass
  
Cat: 3.6 – 4.5 kg, Gray wolf: 30 – 80 kg, Lion: 190 kg

Gestation period
  
Cat: 64 – 67 days, Gray wolf: 62 – 75 days

Speed
  
Human: 45 km/h, Gray wolf: 50 – 60 km/h, Lion: 80 km/h

Lower classifications
  
Mammal, Opossum, Sloth, Bear, Hamster

Eucynodontia ("true dog teeth") is a clade of cynodont therapsids including mammals and most non-mammalian cynodonts. The oldest eucynodonts are known from the Early Triassic and possibly Late Permian. Eucynodontia includes two major subgroups, Cynognathia and Probainognathia.

References

Eucynodontia Wikipedia


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