The relationship of the Ailuridae with other carnivorans is shown in the following
phylogenetic tree, which is based on the
molecular phylogenetic analysis of six genes in Flynn (2005), with the musteloids updated following the multigene analysis of Law et al. (2018). In addition to
Ailurus, the family Ailuridae includes seven extinct genera, most of which are assigned to three subfamilies: Amphictinae, Simocyoninae, and Ailurinae. • Family Ailuridae J.E. Gray, 1843 • Subfamily †
Amphictinae ?Winge, 1896 • †
Amphictis ?Pomel, 1853 • †
Amphictis borbonica Viret, 1929 • †
Amphictis ambigua (Gervais, 1872) • †
Amphictis milloquensis (Helbing, 1936) • †
Amphictis antiqua (de Blainville, 1842) • †
Amphictis schlosseri Heizmann & Morlo, 1994 • †
Amphictis prolongata Morlo, 1996 • †
Amphictis wintershofensis Roth, 1994 • †
Amphictis cuspida Nagel, 2003 • †
Amphictis timucua J.A. Baskin, 2017 • Subfamily †
Simocyoninae Dawkins, 1868 • †
Actiocyon Stock, 1947 • †
Actiocyon parverratis Smith et al., 2016 • †
Actiocyon leardi Stock, 1947 • †
Alopecocyon Camp & Vanderhoof, 1940 • †
Alopecocyon getti Mein, 1958 • †
Alopecocyon goeriachensis (Toula, 1884) • †
Protursus Crusafont & Kurtén, 1976 • †
Protursus simpsoni Crusafont & Kurtén, 1976 • †
Simocyon Wagner, 1858 • †
Simocyon primigenius (Roth & Wagner, 1854) • †
Simocyon diaphorus (Kaup, 1832) • †
Simocyon batalleri Viret, 1929 • †
Simocyon hungaricus Kadic & Kretzoi, 1927 • Subfamily
Ailurinae J.E. Gray, 1843 • †
Magerictis Ginsburg et al., 1997 • †
Magerictis imperialensis Ginsburg et al., 1997 • Tribe Pristinailurini Wallace & Lyon, 2022 • †
Pristinailurus Wallace & Wang, 2004 • †
Pristinailurus bristoli Wallace & Wang, 2004 • †
Parailurus Schlosser, 1899 • †
Parailurus anglicus (Dawkins, 1888) [
Parailurus hungaricus Kormos, 1935] • †
Parailurus tedfordi Wallace & Lyon, 2022 • †
Parailurus baikalicus Sotnikova, 2008 • Tribe Ailurini •
Ailurus F. Cuvier, 1825 •
Ailurus fulgens - Red panda •
Ailurus fulgens styani Thomas, 1902 – Eastern red panda •
Ailurus fulgens fulgens F. Cuvier, 1825 – Western red panda In 2025, a comprehensive study describing new material of
Magerictis imperialensis also reviewed the phylogeny of the entire family; it placed
Magerictis and the new genus
Rothictis in the new subfamily Magerictinae, recovered Simocyoninae as paraphyletic to the Ailurinae, and resurrected the family Amphictidae for
Amphictis and the new genus
Bonisictis. • Family †Amphictidae Winge, 1895 •
Amphictis Pomel, 1853 •
Amphictis antiquus Pomel, 1853 •
Amphictis schlosseri Heizmann & Morlo, 1994 • The remaining species
A. borbonica,
A. ageniensis,
A. cuspida,
A. timicua were stated to be of indeterminate generic status. •
Bonisictis •
Bonisictis ambiguus Gervais, 1872 •
Bonisictis milloquensis (Helbing, 1928) • Family Ailuridae Gray, 1843 • Subfamily †Magerictinae •
Magerictis Ginsburg, Morales, Soria, and Herráez, 1997 •
Magerictis imperialensis Ginsburg, Morales, Soria, and Herráez, 1997 •
Rothictis •
Rothictis prolongata (Morlo, 1996) •
Rothictis wintershofensis (Heizmann and Morlo, 1994) • Subfamily †Simocyoninae Dawkins, 1868 •
Actiocyon Stock, 1947 •
Actiocyon leardi Stock, 1947 •
Actiocyon parverratis Smith et al., 2016 •
Alopecocyon Camp and Vanderhoof, 1940 •
Alopecocyon leptorhynchus (Filhol, 1881) [syn.
Alopecocyon goeriachensis] •
Protursus Crusafont & Kurtén, 1976 •
Protursus simpsoni Crusafont & Kurtén, 1976 •
Simocyon Wagner, 1858 •
Simocyon batalleri Viret, 1929 •
Simocyon diaphorus (Kaup, 1832) •
Simocyon hungaricus Kadic & Kretzoi, 1927 •
Simocyon primigenius (Roth & Wagner, 1854) •
Simocyon marshi Thorpe, 1921 • Subfamily Ailurinae Gray, 1843 • †
Parailurus Schlosser, 1899 •
Parailurus anglicus (Dawkins, 1888) •
Parailurus tedfordi Wallace & Lyon, 2022 •
Parailurus baikalicus Sotnikova, 2008 • †
Pristinailurus Wallace & Wang, 2004 •
Pristinailurus bristoli Wallace & Wang, 2004 •
Ailurus Cuvier, 1825 •
Ailurus fulgens, the modern red panda ==Taxonomic history==