Carnivora

Latin carnĭvŏrus (“flesh-devouring”)

Carnivora

1. A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – carnivorans.

• (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 ^[1]

• (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

• 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