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Table 1.

List of taxa used in analyses.

Eutheria
Creodonta
Hyaenodon leptocephalus^a
Pterodon dasyuroides^a
Carnivora
Felidae
Felis caracal
Acinonyx jubatus
Panthera tigris
Panthera pardus
Panthera onca
Panthera leo
Neofelis nebulosa
Smilodon fatalis^a
Smilodon populator^a
Homotherium sp.^a
Panthera atrox^a
Felis issiodorensis^a
Dinofelis piveteaui^a
Dinofelis barlowi^a
Viverridae
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Arctictis binturong
Viverricula indica
Hyaenidae
Hyaena brunnea
Crocuta crocuta
Proteles cristatus
Pachycrocuta bellax^a
Hyaena makapani^a
Herpestidae
Mungos mungo
Suricata suricatta
Galerella sp.
Herpestes ichneumon
Mustelidae
Gulo gulo
Aonyx capensis
Mellivora capensis
Meles meles
Procyonidae
Procyon lotor
Nasua sp.
Amphinasua brevirostris^a
Ursidae
Ursus arctos
Ursus americanus
Ursus maritimus
Ursus thibetanus
Ursus spelaeus^a
Arctotherium sp.^a
Arctodus simus^a
Hemicyon ursinus^a
Canidae
Otocyon megalotis
Lycaon pictus
Canis mesomelas
Canis lupus domesticus
Canis adustus
Canis latrans
Vulpes chama
Canis dirus^a
Dusicyon avus^a
Theriodictis platensis^a
Protocyon scagliarum^a
Mesocyon coryphaeus^a
Mesocyon josephi^a
Microtomarctus conferta^a
Enhydrocyon sp.^a
Amphicyonidae
Daphoenus vetus^a
Nimravidae
Nimravus debilis^a
Dinictis felina^a
Hoplophoneus sp.^a
Metatheria
Borhyaenoidea
Borhyaenidae
Arctodictis sp.^a
Thylacosmilidae
Thylacosmilus atrox^a
Didelphimorphia
Didelphidae
Didelphis virginiana
Sparassocynus sp.^a
Dasyuromorphia
Thylacinidae
Thylacinus cynocephalus^a
Dasyuridae
Sarcophilus harrisii
Dasyurus viverrinus
Dasyurus maculatus
Dasyurus geoffroyii
Barinya wangala^a
Nimbacinus dicksoni^a
Myrmecobiidae
Myrmecobius fasciatus
Peramelemorphia
Peramelidae
Isoodon obesulus
Macrotis lagotis
Diprotodontia
Thylacoleonidae
Thylacoleo carnifex^a
Wakaleo vanderleurei^a

^aIndicates extinct taxa.