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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.
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 ...
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.
Carnivora are divided into two suborders, the Feliformia, containing the true felids and several "cat-like" animals; and the Caniformia, containing the true canids and many "dog-like" animals.
Carnivorous animals (2 C, 1 P) F. Carnivorous fungi (23 P) P. Carnivorous plants (10 C, 21 P) This page was last edited on 5 October 2020, at 19:06 (UTC). Text is ...
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. ...
Pages in category "Carnivorous animals" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. I. Infanticide in carnivores