Order
Suborder
Suborder noun - (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order.
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- Bears, dogs, and cats (all members of the order Carnivora) are related, and bears and dogs are more closely related to each other than either is to cats (bears and dogs are both members of the suborder caniformia, while cats are members of feliformia).
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