English > Carnivora: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | cats; lions; tigers; panthers / panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia. |
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Synonym | order Carnivora |
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Member of | Eutheria, subclass Eutheria | All mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
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Members | Canidae, family Canidae | dogs |
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Felidae, family Felidae | cats |
Hyaenidae, family Hyaenidae | hyenas |
Mustelidae, family Mustelidae | Weasels |
Pinnipedia, suborder Pinnipedia | seals |
Procyonidae, family Procyonidae | raccoons |
Ursidae, family Ursidae | bears and extinct related forms |
Viverridae, family Viverridae, Viverrinae, family Viverrinae | genets |
carnivore | A terrestrial / terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | carnívoros |
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Catalan | Carnivora, carnívors |
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