@llewelly@futurebird haha i used to play a game on the old craigslist discussion forums cuz once a yahoo asked 'yeah how could a cat evolve into a dog?' and i would post DOZENS of species of carnivors phylogenetically surrounding cats and dogs and ask "ok wise guys, which of these kinds is cats and which is dogs?" fun days
@barrygoldman1@futurebird
if I was confronted with a mixture of skulls from cat-like caniforms and dog-like feliforms, I doubt I could separate them correctly.
When I saw that hyenas were in "Feliformia" I realized I would never be able to sort out the bear/dog/cat/walrus/sea dog/raccoon group might as well call all the Carnivora "binturongiforma"