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  2. List of large carnivores known to prey on humans - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of large carnivores known to prey on humans. The order Carnivora consists of numerous mammal species specialized in eating flesh. This list does not include animal attacks on humans by domesticated species (dogs), or animals held in zoos, aquaria, circuses, private homes or other non-natural settings.

  3. List of nocturnal animals - Wikipedia

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    Diurnality, plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day and sleeping at night. Cathemeral, a classification of organisms with sporadic and random intervals of activity during the day or night. Matutinal, a classification of organisms that are only or primarily active in the pre-dawn hours or early night.

  4. Cheetah - Wikipedia

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    Cheetahs are active mainly during the day, [65] whereas other carnivores such as leopards and lions are active mainly at night; [70] [102] These larger carnivores can kill cheetahs and steal their kills; [58] hence, the diurnal tendency of cheetahs helps them avoid larger predators in areas where they are sympatric, such as the Okavango Delta ...

  5. List of largest land carnivorans - Wikipedia

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    Rank Common name Scientific name Family Image Average mass (kg) Maximum mass (kg) Average length (m) Maximum length (m) Shoulder height (m) Native range

  6. Fossa (animal) - Wikipedia

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    The fossa is known to eviscerate its larger lemur prey, a trait that, along with its distinct scat, helps identify its kills. [29] Long-term observations of the fossa's predation patterns on rainforest sifakas suggest that the fossa hunts in a subsection of their range until prey density is decreased, then moves on. [ 34 ]

  7. 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.

  8. Carnivora - Wikipedia

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    Note the large and conical canine and carnassial teeth common in feliforms. The canine teeth are usually large, conical, thick and stress resistant. All of the terrestrial species of carnivorans have three incisors on each side of each jaw (the exception is the sea otter ( Enhydra lutris ) which only has two lower incisor teeth). [ 57 ]

  9. Crepuscular animal - Wikipedia

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    Many predators forage most intensively at night, whereas others are active at midday and see best in full sun. The crepuscular habit may both reduce predation pressure, increasing the crepuscular populations, and offer better foraging opportunities to predators that increasingly focus their attention on crepuscular prey until a new balance is ...