Carnivora
Translingual
Etymology
Latin carnĭvŏrus (“flesh-devouring”)
Proper noun
Carnivora
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – the carnivores.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass[1]
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, †Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.
- Ailuridae, Canidae, Eupleridae, Felidae, Herpestidae, Hyaenidae, Mephitidae, Mustelidae, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., Odobenidae, Otariidae, Phocidae, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template., Procyonidae, Ursidae, Viverridae - families
Coordinate terms
- (order in Eutheria/Placentalia): Afrosoricida, Artiodactyla, Cetacea, Chiroptera, Cingulata, Dermoptera, Erinaceomorpha, Hyracoidea, Lagomorpha, Macroscelidea, Perissodactyla, Pholidota, Pilosa, Primates, Proboscidea, Rodentia, Scandentia, Sirenia, Soricomorpha, Tubulidentata[1]
References
Carnivora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Carnivora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Carnivora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Carnivora at the Tree of Life Web Project
- 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
