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  2. Category:Carnivorans of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Carnivorans of Africa — the carnivorous mammals of Africa. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. A. African wild dogs (3 P) D.

  3. 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.

  4. List of largest land carnivorans - Wikipedia

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    North America, Eurasia, formerly Africa: 3 Liger (Panthera leo x Panthera tigris). Felidae: Liger couple: 320-550 550 ... Vol. 2 Mammals. London: Taylor and Francis.

  5. Genet (animal) - Wikipedia

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    The South African small-spotted genet lives in woodland savanna, grassland, thickets, dry vlei areas in Angola, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia. [ 1 ] The rusty-spotted genet is widely distributed in sub-Saharan woodland savannah, savannah-forest mosaic, rain forest and montane forest up to an elevation of 3,400 m (11,200 ft) in Ethiopia .

  6. List of carnivorans by population - Wikipedia

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    One of the world's rarest canids, and Africa's most endangered carnivore. Siberian tiger: Panthera tigris tigris: 560 [10] EN [10] [10] Siberian tigers have made a comeback from the brink of extinction due to the strict laws of the Russian government. Russian Authorities believe that the number of living Siberian tigers will reach 700 after ...

  7. Giant otter shrew - Wikipedia

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    The giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox) is a semiaquatic, carnivorous afrotherian mammal. It is found in the main rainforest block of central Africa from Nigeria to Zambia, with a few isolated populations in Kenya and Uganda. It lives in streams, wetlands and slow flowing larger rivers. [2] It is the only species in the genus Potamogale.

  8. Carnivora - Wikipedia

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    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 Figure Hyaenidae J. E. Gray, 1821: Hyenas: Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent: 4

  9. Afrotheria - Wikipedia

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    Afrotheria (/ æ f r oʊ ˈ θ ɪər i ə / from Latin Afro-"of Africa" + theria "wild beast") is a superorder of placental mammals, the living members of which belong to groups that are either currently living in Africa or of African origin: golden moles, elephant shrews (also known as sengis), otter shrews, tenrecs, aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants, sea cows, and several extinct clades.