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Carnivora (/kɑːrˈnɪvərə/ kar-NIH-vər-ə) is an
order of
placental mammals specialized primarily in
eating flesh,
whose members are
formally referred to...
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Feliformia is a
suborder within the
order Carnivora consisting of "cat-like" carnivorans,
including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, viverrids...
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Caniformia is a
suborder within the
order Carnivora consisting of "dog-like" carnivorans. They
include dogs (wolves, foxes, etc.), bears, raccoons, and...
- (/ˌproʊsiːˈɒnɪdiː/ PROH-see-ON-i-dee) is a New
World family of the
order Carnivora. It
includes the raccoons, ringtails, cacomistles, coatis, kinkajous,...
- they form the
largest family in the
suborder Caniformia of the
order Carnivora with
about 66 to 70
species in nine subfamilies.
Mustelids vary greatly...
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Felidae (/ˈfiːləˌdiː/ FEE-lə-dee) is the
family of
mammals in the
order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats. A
member of this
family is also called...
- or superfamily)
comprising cat-like
Carnivora. More
specifically the
taxon comprises:
either cat-like
Carnivora in the
broader sense, i. e. it is synonymous...
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clade of
placental mammals of
clade Pan-
Carnivora from
mirorder Ferae, that
includes the
modern order Carnivora and its
extinct stem-relatives. The common...
- backward.
Viverrids are the most
primitive of all the
families of
feliform Carnivora and
clearly less
specialized than the Felidae. In
external characteristics...
- R. (1894). "XIII. The Mungooses.
Genus Herpestes". A hand-book to the
Carnivora. Part 1: Cats, civets, and mungooses. London:
Edward Lloyd Limited. pp...
