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 – superorder; Scrotifera – clade; Ferungulata – grandorder; Ferae – mirorder [1]
Hyponyms
[edit]- (order): Caniformia, Feliformia – suborders
- Ailuridae (red pandas), Canidae (dogs and foxes), Eupleridae (fossas, fanalokas, vontsiras, and falanoucs), Felidae (cats), Herpestidae (mongooses), Hyaenidae (hyenas), Mephitidae (skunks and stink badgers), Mustelidae (weasels, otters, badgers, marbled polecats, zorilles, wolverines, martens, tayras, grisons, and fishers), 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 (true civets, palm civets, binturongs, otter civets, genets, and African linsangs) – 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”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026
