Carnivora

See also: carnivora and carnívora

Translingual

Etymology

Latin carnĭvŏrus (“flesh-devouring”)

Proper noun

Carnivora

1. A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – all carnivores.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass

Hyponyms

• (order with older system of suborders): Fissipedia - land carnivores, Pinnipedia - sea carnivores
• (order with newer system of suborders): Caniformia - dogs, seals, etc, Feliformia - cats, etc, †Miacoidea
  • Ailuridae, Canidae, Eupleridae, Felidae, Herpestidae, Hyaenidae, Mephitidae, Mustelidae, Nandiniidae, Odobenidae, Otariidae, Phocidae, Prionodontidae, Procyonidae, Ursidae, Viverridae - families

Coordinate terms

• (order in Eutheria/Placentalia): Afrosoricida, Artiodactyla, Cetacea, Chiroptera, Cingulata, Dermoptera, Erinaceomorpha, Hyracoidea, Lagomorpha, Macroscelidea, Perissodactyla, Pholidota, Pilosa, Primates, Proboscidea, Rodentia, Scandentia, Sirenia, Soricomorpha, Tubulidentata

References

• Carnivora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carnivora on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Carnivora on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Carnivora at World Register of Marine Species
• Carnivora in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Carnivora at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Carnivora at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Carnivora at Paleobiology Database