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| − | '''Carnivora''' is that order in the class ''Mammalia'', characterized by a diet of the flesh of other animals (the giant panda ''Ailuropoda melanoleuca'' being a notable exception).
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| − | ==Classification==
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| − | Those animals marked with a "†" are extinct.
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| − | *'''ORDER CARNIVORA'''
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| − | **Suborder [[Feliformia]] ("cat-like")
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| − | *** Superfamily [[Feloidea]]
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| − | **** Family †[[Stenoplesictidae]]
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| − | **** Family †[[Nimravidae]]: false sabre-tooth cats (5–36 Ma)
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| − | **** Family [[Nandiniidae]]: [[African Palm Civet]]; 1 species in 1 genus
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| − | **** Family [[Prinonodontidae]]: [[Asiatic linsang]]s; 2 species in 1 genus
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| − | **** Family †[[Barbourofelidae]] (6–18 Ma)
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| − | **** Family [[Felidae]]: cats; 40 species in 14 genera
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| − | *** Infraorder [[Viverroidea]]
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| − | **** Family [[Viverridae]]: [[civet]]s and allies; 35 species in 15 genera
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| − | **** Superfamily [[Herpestoidea]]
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| − | ***** Family [[Hyaenidae]]: [[hyena]]s and [[aardwolf]]; 4 species in 3 genera
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| − | ***** Family [[Eupleridae]] : Malagasy carnivores; 8 species in 7 genera
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| − | ***** Family [[Herpestidae]]: [[mongoose]]s and allies; 33 species in 14 genera
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| − | ** Suborder [[Caniformia]] ("dog-like")
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| − | *** Superfamily [[Canoidea]]
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| − | **** Family †[[Amphicyonid]]ae: Bear-dogs (9–37 Ma)
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| − | **** Family [[Canidae]]: [[dog]]s and allies; 37 species in 10 genera
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| − | *** Infraorder [[Arctoidea]]
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| − | **** Superfamily [[Ursoidea]]
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| − | ***** Family †[[Hemicyon]]idae: (2-22 Ma)
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| − | ***** Family [[Ursidae]]: [[bear]]s; 8 species in 5 genera
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| − | **** Superfamily [[Musteloidea]]
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| − | ***** Family [[Ailuridae]]: [[Red Panda]]; 1 species in 1 genus.
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| − | ***** Family [[Mephitidae]]: [[skunk]]s and stink badgers; 10 species in 4 genera
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| − | ***** Family [[Mustelidae]]: [[weasel]]s, [[marten]]s, [[badger]]s, and [[otter]]s; 55 species in 24 genera
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| − | ***** Family [[Procyonidae]]: [[raccoon]]s and allies; 19 species in 6 genera
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| − | **** Superfamily [[Pinnipedia]]
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| − | ***** Family †[[Enaliarctos|Enaliarctidae]]: (23–20 Ma)
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| − | ***** Family [[Odobenidae]]: [[Walrus]]; 1 species in 1 genus
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| − | ***** Family [[Otariidae]]: [[sea lion]]s, [[eared seal]]s, [[fur seal]]s; 14 species in 7 genera
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| − | ***** Family [[Phocidae]]: [[true seal]]s; 19 species in 9 genera
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| − | {{Template:Nb zl bears}}
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| − | {{Template:Nb zl canines}}
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| − | {{Template:Nb zl felines}}
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| − | {{Template:NB zl pinniped}}
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| − | [[category:Carnivores| ]]
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