Carnivora
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Translingual
Etymology
Latin carnĭvŏrus (“flesh-devouring”)
Proper noun
Carnivora
- A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – carnivorans.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Boreoeutheria – magnorder; Laurasiatheria – superoder; Ferae – mirorder
Hyponyms
- (order): Caniformia, Feliformia – suborders
- Ailuridae (red pandas), Canidae (domestic dogs, foxes, wolves, coyotes, dingoes, jackals, African hunting dogs, raccoon dogs, dholes, short-eared dogs, culpeos, and bush dogs), Eupleridae (fossas, fanalokas, vontsiras, and falanoucs), Felidae (domestic cats, lions, ocelots, cheetahs, tigers, jaguars, leopards, lynx, cougars, servals, margays, Asiatic golden cats, kodkods, wildcats, caracals, Pampas cats, jaguarundis, oncillas, black-footed cats, flat-headed cats, Geoffroy's cats, sand cats, fishing cats, marbled cats, leopard cats, manuls, Andean mountain cats, and jungle cats), Herpestidae (mongooses), Hyaenidae (hyenas), Mephitidae (skunks and stink badgers), Mustelidae (weasels, otters, badgers, marbled polecats, zorilles, wolverines, martens, tayras, grisons, and fishers), Nandiniidae (African palm civets), Odobenidae (walruses), Otariidae (sea lions and fur seals), Phocidae (true seals), Prionodontidae (Asiatic linsangs), Procyonidae (raccoons, kinkajous, cacomistles, ringtails, olingos, olinguitos, and coatis), Ursidae (bears), Viverridae (genets, African linsangs, and civets) – extant families
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 at Bucknell.
- Carnivora at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Carnivora at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Carnivora at Paleobiology Database
