Carnivora
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin carnĭvŏrus (“flesh-devouring”)
Proper noun
[edit]Carnivora
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – carnivorans.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (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 [1]
Hyponyms
[edit]- (order): Caniformia, Feliformia – suborders
- Ailuridae (red pandas), Canidae (domestic dogs, foxes, wolves, coyotes, dingoes, jackals, African wild dogs, raccoon dogs, dholes, short-eared dogs, culpeos, bush dogs, etc), Eupleridae (fossas, fanalokas, vontsiras, and falanoucs), Felidae (domestic cats, lions, ocelots, cheetahs, tigers, jaguars, leopards, lynx, cougars, servals, snow leopards, Asiatic golden cats, wildcats, caracals, jaguarundis, etc), Herpestidae (mongooses), Hyaenidae (hyenas), Mephitidae (skunks and stink badgers), Mustelidae (polecats, otters, badgers, weasels, wolverines, martens, tayras, grisons, honey badgers, fishers, and minks), Nandiniidae (African palm civets), Odobenidae (walruses), Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals), Phocidae (true seals), Prionodontidae (Asiatic linsangs), Procyonidae (raccoons, kinkajous, cacomistles, ringtails, olingos, olinguitos, and coatis), Ursidae (bears), Viverridae (genets, African linsangs, and civets) – extant families
References
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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
