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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.
In December 2005, pictures (taken in 2003 [2]) of a potential new species of carnivoran, known in the press as the "cat-fox" were published. [3] The images were taken by a night-time camera trap set by the WWF on the Indonesian side of Borneo. [4] At first sight, they seem to show some kind of viverrid, slightly larger than a cat, with red fur.
Rank Common name Scientific name Family Image Average mass (kg) Maximum mass (kg) Average length (m) Maximum length (m) Shoulder height (m) Native range
Common name Binomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image Amur Leopard: Panthera pardus orientalis: 20-30 [1] CR [1] [1] Numbers have fluctuated in recent censuses. [1] Iriomote cat: Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis: 100–109 [2] CR [3] [3] A subspecies of the leopard cat living exclusively on the Japanese island of Iriomote ...
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 ...
English Name Distribution Number of Extant Species Type Taxon Image Figure Viverridae J. E. Gray, 1821: Civets, genets, and oyans: Southern Europe, Indomalayan realm, and Africa (introduced to Madagascar) 34 Viverra zibetha Linnaeus, 1758: Herpestoidea Bonaparte, 1845: Family English Name Distribution Number of Extant Species Type Taxon Image ...
2. Acorn Woodpecker. These birds get their name from their unique habit of storing acorns in trees, which they use as a food source. Sometimes, they can store tens of thousands of them.
Parasites of carnivores (2 C, 5 P) ... The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...