Order Carnivora (Noun)
Meaning
Cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Members of the family Felidae, such as cats, lions, tigers, and panthers, all belong to the order Carnivora.
- In contrast, bears, despite also being meat-eaters, are classified as members of the order Carnivora due to their adaptations for a carnivorous diet.
- The canines, including dogs, wolves, and jackals, represent a distinct subgroup within the order Carnivora that has evolved to prioritize flesh as their main food source.
- However, animals such as raccoons and skunks also have classifications as part of the order Carnivora because they obtain the bulk of their food energy through predation or eating dead organisms.
- Within the class Mammalia, there exists another key taxonomic unit beneath the level of Carnivora; suborder Pinnipedia groups organisms adapted primarily for semi-aquatic meat eating within their paws with water specific structural differentiation within sub-family taxonomy with most types coming directly with larger subgroup different order designation non species categories shared use amongst category all this clearly observed looking these variations; primarily types named included marine in typical member line ( Seals (main ocean northern typical variations walruses members given generally at like are - specifically seen ), within well further designation even elephant mostly see closely second but example which including families we said include line first now below on well designated examples related a being two including seen to referred again but at this subgroup - fur seals, true seals, and walruses), known collectively as pinnipeds and indeed members of order Carnivora but having significantly departed from their very typical designative forms a variety exists pinnipeds second subgroup groupings first now example line from it alsoGuidId