Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 CANIFORMIA Kretzoi 1938 Families: 9 families with 72 genera and 165 species: Family Canidae Fischer 1817 (13 genera with 35 species and 199 subspecies) Family Ursidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817 (5 genera with 8 species and 43 subspecies) Family Otariidae Gray 1825 (7 genera with 16 species and 2 subspecies) Family Odobenidae Allen 1880 (1 genus with 1 species and 3 subspecies) Family Phocidae Gray 1821 (13 genera with 19 species and 14 subspecies) Family Mustelidae Fischer 1817 (22 genera with 59 species and 362 subspecies) Family Mephitidae Bonaparte 1845 (4 genera with 12 species and 57 subspecies) Family Procyonidae Gray 1825 (6 genera with 14 species and 72 subspecies) Family Ailuridae Gray 1843 (1 genus with 1 species and 2 subspecies)