Bipedaliforma

Bipedaliforma is a taxonomic classification (specifically at the level of suborder) which was created with the aim of classifying and outlining the potential evolution of the omnivorous bipedal sapient mammals of the planet Urth. Unfortunately, the group is heavily contested and has not gained universal acceptance. The Bipedaliforma are characterised by being able to walk upright all the time and are among the only group of mammals which posses this capability. Their most closely related relatives are believed to be the Primates (which which it is grouped in the clade Omnivora) however primates cannot walk on their hind legs all the time. The Bipedaliforma are not the only clade that contains sentient beings for instance the Reptile order contains the Cava and Aurians.

All the extant species of Bipedaliforma are believed to fall under the Ambidactylyforma infraorder. The Ambidactyliforma infraorder is characterised by the use of opposable thumbs. It is believed that this group quickly outcompeted the Unidactyliforma (the extinct second branch of Bipedaliforma) for resources and space and led to their extinction. The Ambidactyliforma are further subdivided according to their preferred form of ambulation, either digitigrade (i.e., the Digitigradidae) and plantigrade (Plantigradidae).