Carnivora

See also: carnivora and carnívora

Translingual

Etymology

Latin carnĭvŏrus (“flesh-devouring”)

Proper noun

Carnivora

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[1]

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[1]

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 Encyclopedia of Life
Carnivora at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Carnivora at Paleobiology Database

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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