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).
Classification
Those animals marked with a "†" are extinct.
- ORDER CARNIVORA
- Suborder Feliformia ("cat-like")
- Superfamily Feloidea
- Family †Stenoplesictidae
- Family †Nimravidae: false sabre-tooth cats (5–36 Ma)
- Family Nandiniidae: African Palm Civet; 1 species in 1 genus
- Family Prinonodontidae: Asiatic linsangs; 2 species in 1 genus
- Family †Barbourofelidae (6–18 Ma)
- Family Felidae: cats; 40 species in 14 genera
- Infraorder Viverroidea
- Family Viverridae: civets and allies; 35 species in 15 genera
- Superfamily Herpestoidea
- Family Hyaenidae: hyenas and aardwolf; 4 species in 3 genera
- Family Eupleridae : Malagasy carnivores; 8 species in 7 genera
- Family Herpestidae: mongooses and allies; 33 species in 14 genera
- Superfamily Feloidea
- Suborder Caniformia ("dog-like")
- Superfamily Canoidea
- Family †Amphicyonidae: Bear-dogs (9–37 Ma)
- Family Canidae: dogs and allies; 37 species in 10 genera
- Infraorder Arctoidea
- Superfamily Ursoidea
- Family †Hemicyonidae: (2-22 Ma)
- Family Ursidae: bears; 8 species in 5 genera
- Superfamily Musteloidea
- Family Ailuridae: Red Panda; 1 species in 1 genus.
- Family Mephitidae: skunks and stink badgers; 10 species in 4 genera
- Family Mustelidae: weasels, martens, badgers, and otters; 55 species in 24 genera
- Family Procyonidae: raccoons and allies; 19 species in 6 genera
- Superfamily Pinnipedia
- Family †Enaliarctidae: (23–20 Ma)
- Family Odobenidae: Walrus; 1 species in 1 genus
- Family Otariidae: sea lions, eared seals, fur seals; 14 species in 7 genera
- Family Phocidae: true seals; 19 species in 9 genera
- Superfamily Ursoidea
- Superfamily Canoidea
- Suborder Feliformia ("cat-like")
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