Carnivora

See also: carnivora and carnívora

Translingual

Etymology

Latin carnĭvŏrus (“flesh-devouring”)

Proper noun

Carnivora

1. A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – carnivorans.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Boreoeutheria – magnorder; Laurasiatheria – superoder; Ferae – mirorder

Hyponyms

• (order with older system of suborders): Fissipedia – land carnivores, Pinnipedia – sea carnivores
• (order with newer system of suborders): Caniformia – dogs, seals, etc, Feliformia – cats, etc, †Miacoidea
  • Ailuridae (red pandas), Canidae (wild and domestic dogs), Eupleridae (Malagasy mongooses), Felidae (wild and domestic cats), Herpestidae (mongooses), Hyaenidae (hyenas), Mephitidae (skunks and stink badgers), Mustelidae (polecats, otters, badgers, weasels, etc), Nandiniidae, Odobenidae (walruses), Otariidae (eared seals), Phocidae (earless seals), Prionodontidae, Procyonidae (raccoons and relatives), Ursidae (bears), Viverridae (genets, civets, etc) – families

References

• Carnivora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carnivora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Carnivora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Carnivora at World Register of Marine Species
• Carnivora in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Carnivora at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Carnivora at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Carnivora at Paleobiology Database