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  2. List of carnivorans - Wikipedia

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    Various carnivorans, with feliforms to the left, and caniforms to the right. Carnivora is an order of placental mammals that have specialized in primarily eating flesh. Members of this order are called carnivorans, or colloquially carnivores, though the term more properly refers to any meat-eating organisms, and some carnivoran species are omnivores or herbivores.

  3. Carnivore - Wikipedia

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    Lions are obligate carnivores consuming only animal flesh for their nutritional requirements.. A carnivore / ˈ k ɑːr n ɪ v ɔːr /, or meat-eater (Latin, caro, genitive carnis, meaning meat or "flesh" and vorare meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose nutrition and energy requirements are met by consumption of animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other soft tissues) as food ...

  4. Carnivora - Wikipedia

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    Earless seals use their back flippers; sea lions and fur seals use their front flippers, and the walrus uses all of its limbs. As a result, pinnipeds have significantly shorter tails than other carnivorans. Aside from the pinnipeds, dogs, bears, hyenas, and cats all have distinct and recognizable appearances.

  5. List of domesticated animals - Wikipedia

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    meat, bait, animal feed, research Captive-bred 6b Other insects: American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) [189] date uncertain North America: meat, medicine, pets Captive-bred 6b Other insects: Flame jellyfish (Rhopilema esculentum) [190] date uncertain China: meat, medicine, pets Captive-bred 7c Other animals

  6. List of feeding behaviours - Wikipedia

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    Oligophagy is a term for intermediate degrees of selectivity, referring to animals that eat a relatively small range of foods, either because of preference or necessity. [2] Another classification refers to the specific food animals specialize in eating, such as: Carnivore: the eating of animals Araneophagy: eating spiders; Avivore: eating birds

  7. List of canids - Wikipedia

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    10 of the 13 extant canid genera left-to-right, top-to-bottom: Canis, Cuon, Lycaon, Cerdocyon, Chrysocyon, Speothos, Vulpes, Nyctereutes, Otocyon, and Urocyon Canidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, which includes domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, dingoes, and many other extant and extinct dog-like mammals.

  8. Man on carnivore diet has cholesterol of 1,000, sees shocking ...

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    The carnivore diet provides nutrients including riboflavin, zinc, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, selenium and vitamin A; but it falls short on magnesium, calcium, vitamin C and fiber, studies have found.

  9. List of felids - Wikipedia

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    The characteristic features of cats have evolved to support a carnivorous lifestyle, with adaptations for ambush or stalking and short pursuit hunting. They have slender muscular bodies, strong flexible forelimbs and retractable claws for holding prey, dental and cranial adaptations for a strong bite, and often have characteristic striped or ...