Clade of mammals comprising carnivorans, pangolins, artiodactyls and perissodactyls
Ferungulata ("wild beasts and ungulates ") is a grandorder of placental mammals that groups together mirorder Ferae and clade Pan-Euungulata . It has existed in two guises, a traditional one based on morphological analysis and a revised one taking into account more recent molecular analyses . The Fereungulata is a sister group to the order Chiroptera (bats) and together they make clade Scrotifera .
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