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172 relations: Aardwolf, Africa, African palm civet, Ailuridae, American mink, Americas, Arctic fox, Arctic Ocean, Arctocyonia, Asiatic linsang, Atlantic Ocean, Australasia, Baculum, Badger, Banded linsang, Bat, Bear, Beringia, Big cat, Binturong, Botany, Brown bear, Brown fur seal, Canidae, Caniformia, Caninae, Canis, Caribbean monk seal, Carl Linnaeus, Carnassial, Carnivoramorpha, Cat, Caucasus, Central Asia, Cetacea, Charismatic megafauna, Cheetah, Claw, Climate change, Convergent evolution, Creodonta, Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, Crown group, Cursorial, Digitigrade, Dog, Eared seal, Earless seal, Eastern falanouc, Egyptian mongoose, ... Expand index (122 more) »
- Carnivorans
- Extant Lutetian first appearances
- Taxa named by Thomas Edward Bowdich
Aardwolf
The aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) is an insectivorous hyaenid species, native to East and Southern Africa.
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
African palm civet
The African palm civet (Nandinia binotata), also known as the two-spotted palm civet, is a small feliform mammal widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa.
See Carnivora and African palm civet
Ailuridae
Ailuridae is a family in the mammal order Carnivora. Carnivora and Ailuridae are carnivorans.
American mink
The American mink (Neogale vison) is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to North America, though human introduction has expanded its range to many parts of Europe, Asia, and South America.
See Carnivora and American mink
Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.
Arctic fox
The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small species of fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Arctic tundra biome.
Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceanic divisions.
See Carnivora and Arctic Ocean
Arctocyonia
Arctocyonians (Arctocyonia; also known as "Procreodi") are a clade of laurasiatherian mammals whose stratigraphic range runs from the Palaeocene to the Early Eocene epochs.
Asiatic linsang
The Asiatic linsang (Prionodon) is a genus comprising two species native to Southeast Asia: the banded linsang (Prionodon linsang) and the spotted linsang (Prionodon pardicolor).
See Carnivora and Asiatic linsang
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.
See Carnivora and Atlantic Ocean
Australasia
Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand, and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Baculum
The baculum (bacula), also known as the penis bone, penile bone, os penis, os genitale, or os priapi, is a bone in the penis of many placental mammals.
Badger
Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the family Mustelidae (which also includes the otters, wolverines, martens, minks, polecats, weasels, and ferrets).
Banded linsang
The banded linsang (Prionodon linsang) is a linsang, a tree-dwelling carnivorous mammal native to the Sundaic region of Southeast Asia.
See Carnivora and Banded linsang
Bat
Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.
Bear
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.
Beringia
Beringia is defined today as the land and maritime area bounded on the west by the Lena River in Russia; on the east by the Mackenzie River in Canada; on the north by 72° north latitude in the Chukchi Sea; and on the south by the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Big cat
The term "big cat" is typically used to refer to any of the five living members of the genus Panthera, namely the tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard, as well as the non-pantherine cheetah and cougar.
Binturong
The binturong (Arctictis binturong), also known as the bearcat, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia.
Botany
Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.
Brown bear
The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a large bear native to Eurasia and North America.
Brown fur seal
The brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus), also known as the Cape fur seal, and Afro-Australian fur seal, is a species of fur seal.
See Carnivora and Brown fur seal
Canidae
Canidae (from Latin, canis, "dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans, colloquially referred to as dogs, and constitutes a clade.
Caniformia
Caniformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "dog-like" carnivorans. Carnivora and Caniformia are carnivorans and extant Lutetian first appearances.
Caninae
Caninae (whos members are known as canines) is the only living subfamily within Canidae, alongside the extinct Borophaginae and Hesperocyoninae.
Canis
Canis is a genus of the Caninae which includes multiple extant species, such as wolves, dogs, coyotes, and golden jackals.
Caribbean monk seal
The Caribbean monk seal (Neomonachus tropicalis), also known as the West Indian seal or sea wolf, is an extinct species of seal native to the Caribbean.
See Carnivora and Caribbean monk seal
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
See Carnivora and Carl Linnaeus
Carnassial
Carnassials are paired upper and lower teeth modified in such a way as to allow enlarged and often self-sharpening edges to pass by each other in a shearing manner.
Carnivoramorpha
Carnivoramorpha ("carnivoran-like forms") is a clade of placental mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora from mirorder Ferae, that includes the modern order Carnivora and its extinct stem-relatives.
See Carnivora and Carnivoramorpha
Cat
The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal.
Caucasus
The Caucasus or Caucasia, is a transcontinental region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia.
Central Asia
Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.
See Carnivora and Central Asia
Cetacea
Cetacea is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Charismatic megafauna
Charismatic megafauna are animal species that are large—in the relevant category that they represent—with symbolic value or widespread popular appeal, and are often used by environmental activists to gain public support for environmentalist goals.
See Carnivora and Charismatic megafauna
Cheetah
The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat and the fastest land animal.
Claw
A claw is a curved, pointed appendage found at the end of a toe or finger in most amniotes (mammals, reptiles, birds).
Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
See Carnivora and Climate change
Convergent evolution
Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time.
See Carnivora and Convergent evolution
Creodonta
Creodonta ("meat teeth") is a former order of extinct carnivorous placental mammals that lived from the early Paleocene to the late Miocene epochs in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction, was the mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth approximately 66 million years ago.
See Carnivora and Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
Crown group
In phylogenetics, the crown group or crown assemblage is a collection of species composed of the living representatives of the collection, the most recent common ancestor of the collection, and all descendants of the most recent common ancestor.
Cursorial
A cursorial organism is one that is adapted specifically to run.
Digitigrade
In terrestrial vertebrates, digitigrade locomotion is walking or running on the toes (from the Latin digitus, 'finger', and gradior, 'walk').
Dog
The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf.
Eared seal
An eared seal, otariid, or otary is any member of the marine mammal family Otariidae, one of three groupings of pinnipeds.
Earless seal
The earless seals, phocids, or true seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal lineage, Pinnipedia.
See Carnivora and Earless seal
Eastern falanouc
The eastern falanouc (Eupleres goudotii) is a rare mongoose-like mammal in the carnivoran family Eupleridae endemic to Madagascar.
See Carnivora and Eastern falanouc
Egyptian mongoose
The Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), also known as ichneumon, is a mongoose species native to the tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands of Africa and around the Mediterranean Basin in North Africa, the Middle East and the Iberian Peninsula.
See Carnivora and Egyptian mongoose
Eocene
The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).
Eupleridae
Eupleridae is a family of carnivorans endemic to Madagascar and comprising 10 known living species in seven genera, commonly known as euplerids, Malagasy mongooses or Malagasy carnivorans.
Eurasia
Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia.
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Falkland Islands wolf
The Falkland Islands wolf (Dusicyon australis), also known as the warrah and occasionally as the Falkland Islands dog, Falkland Islands fox, warrah fox, or Antarctic wolf, was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands.
See Carnivora and Falkland Islands wolf
Felidae
Felidae is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats.
Feliformia
Feliformia is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "cat-like" carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, viverrids, and related taxa. Carnivora and Feliformia are carnivorans.
Felis
Felis is a genus of small and medium-sized cat species native to most of Africa and south of 60° latitude in Europe and Asia to Indochina.
Ferae
Ferae ("wild beasts") is a mirorder of placental mammalsMalcolm C. McKenna, Susan K. Bell: Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level in Columbia University Press, New York (1997), 631 Seiten.
Fissipedia
Fissipedia ("split feet") is a former suborder of placental mammals comprising the largely land-based families of the order Carnivora.
Flipper (anatomy)
A flipper is a broad, flattened limb adapted for aquatic locomotion.
See Carnivora and Flipper (anatomy)
Fossa (animal)
The fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox; or) is a slender, long-tailed, cat-like mammal that is endemic to Madagascar.
See Carnivora and Fossa (animal)
Fur
Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of almost all mammals.
Fur seal
Fur seals are any of nine species of pinnipeds belonging to the subfamily Arctocephalinae in the family Otariidae.
Genet (animal)
A genet (pronounced or) is a member of the genus Genetta, which consists of 17 species of small African carnivorans.
See Carnivora and Genet (animal)
George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson (June 16, 1902 – October 6, 1984) was an American paleontologist.
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Harbor seal
The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere.
Herpestoidea
Herpestoidea is a superfamily of mammalia carnivores which includes mongooses, Malagasy carnivoransWozencraft, 2005, pp.
See Carnivora and Herpestoidea
Heterodont
In anatomy, a heterodont (from Greek, meaning 'different teeth') is an animal which possesses more than a single tooth morphology.
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya.
Holocene
The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.
Hyaenodonta
Hyaenodonta ("hyena teeth") is an extinct order of hypercarnivorous placental mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora from mirorder Ferae.
Hyena
Hyenas or hyaenas (from Ancient Greek ὕαινα) are feliform carnivoran mammals belonging to the family Hyaenidae.
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (IPA), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe, defining the westernmost edge of Eurasia.
See Carnivora and Iberian Peninsula
Incisor
Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals.
Indian grey mongoose
The Indian grey mongoose or Asian grey mongoose (Urva edwardsii) is a mongoose species native to the Indian subcontinent and West Asia.
See Carnivora and Indian grey mongoose
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approx.
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Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.
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Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms.
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Japanese sea lion
The Japanese sea lion (Zalophus japonicus) (translit) was an aquatic mammal that became extinct in the 1970s.
See Carnivora and Japanese sea lion
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal (Ozero Baykal; Baigal dalai) is a large rift lake in Russia.
Large Indian civet
The large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha) is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia.
See Carnivora and Large Indian civet
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Laurasiatheria
Laurasiatheria ("laurasian beasts") is a superorder of placental mammals that groups together true insectivores (eulipotyphlans), bats (chiropterans), carnivorans, pangolins (pholidotes), even-toed ungulates (artiodactyls), odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls), and all their extinct relatives.
See Carnivora and Laurasiatheria
Linsang
The linsangs are four species of tree-dwelling carnivorous mammals. Carnivora and linsang are carnivorans.
Lion
The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India.
List of carnivorans
Carnivora is an order of placental mammals that have specialized in primarily eating flesh. Carnivora and List of carnivorans are carnivorans.
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List of carnivorans by population
This is a list of estimated global populations of Carnivora species. Carnivora and list of carnivorans by population are carnivorans.
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Local extinction
Local extinction, also extirpation, is the termination of a species (or other taxon) in a chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere.
See Carnivora and Local extinction
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and the Fourth Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.
Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.
Mammal classification
Mammalia is a class of animal within the phylum Chordata.
See Carnivora and Mammal classification
Mephitidae
Mephitidae is a family of mammals comprising the skunks and stink badgers.
Mesonychia
Mesonychia ("middle claws") is an extinct taxon of small- to large-sized carnivorous ungulates related to artiodactyls.
Miacidae
Miacidae ("small points") is a former paraphyletic family of extinct primitive placental mammals that lived in North America, Europe and Asia during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, about 65–33.9 million years ago.
Miacoidea
Miacoidea ("small points") is a former paraphyletic superfamily of extinct placental mammals that lived during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, about 66-33,9 million years ago.
Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
Miocene
The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).
Molar (tooth)
The molars or molar teeth are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth.
See Carnivora and Molar (tooth)
Mongoose
A mongoose is a small terrestrial carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Herpestidae.
Monophyly
In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of taxa which meets these criteria.
Mustelidae
The Mustelidae (from Latin, weasel) are a diverse family of carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Carnivora and Mustelidae are carnivorans.
Musteloidea
Musteloidea is a superfamily of carnivoran mammals united by shared characteristics of the skull and teeth.
Nasal concha
In anatomy, a nasal concha (conchae;; Latin for 'shell'), also called a nasal turbinate or turbinal, is a long, narrow, curled shelf of bone that protrudes into the breathing passage of the nose in humans and various other animals.
See Carnivora and Nasal concha
Neurocranium
In human anatomy, the neurocranium, also known as the braincase, brainpan, or brain-pan, is the upper and back part of the skull, which forms a protective case around the brain.
See Carnivora and Neurocranium
Nimravidae
Nimravidae is an extinct family of carnivorans, sometimes known as false saber-toothed cats, whose fossils are found in North America and Eurasia.
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
See Carnivora and North America
North Pole
The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole, Terrestrial North Pole or 90th Parallel North, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface.
Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.
See Carnivora and Northern Hemisphere
Odobenidae
Odobenidae is a family of pinnipeds, of which the only extant species is the walrus (Odobenus rosmarus).
Old World
The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe after 1493, when Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas.
Olfactory receptor
Olfactory receptors (ORs), also known as odorant receptors, are chemoreceptors expressed in the cell membranes of olfactory receptor neurons and are responsible for the detection of odorants (for example, compounds that have an odor) which give rise to the sense of smell.
See Carnivora and Olfactory receptor
Order (biology)
Order (ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
See Carnivora and Order (biology)
Oxyaenidae
Oxyaenidae ("sharp hyenas") is a family of extinct carnivorous placental mammals.
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.
See Carnivora and Pacific Ocean
Paleocene
The Paleocene, or Palaeocene, is a geological epoch that lasted from about 66 to 56 million years ago (mya).
Paleogene
The Paleogene Period (also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Ma.
Pangolin
Pangolins, sometimes known as scaly anteaters, are mammals of the order Pholidota.
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
Phoca
Phoca is a genus of the earless seals, within the family Phocidae.
Pinniped
Pinnipeds (pronounced), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals.
Placentalia
Placental mammals (infraclass Placentalia) are one of the three extant subdivisions of the class Mammalia, the other two being Monotremata and Marsupialia.
Plantigrade
Portion of a human skeleton, showing plantigrade habit In terrestrial animals, plantigrade locomotion means walking with the toes and metatarsals flat on the ground.
Polar bear
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas.
Polar regions of Earth
The polar regions, also called the frigid zones or polar zones, of Earth are Earth's polar ice caps, the regions of the planet that surround its geographical poles (the North and South Poles), lying within the polar circles.
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Polymorphism (biology)
In biology, polymorphism is the occurrence of two or more clearly different morphs or forms, also referred to as alternative phenotypes, in the population of a species.
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Polyphyly
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor.
Procyonidae
Procyonidae is a New World family of the order Carnivora.
Quadrupedalism
Quadrupedalism is a form of locomotion where animals have four legs are used to bear weight and move around.
See Carnivora and Quadrupedalism
Raccoon
The raccoon (or, Procyon lotor), also spelled racoon and sometimes called the common raccoon or northern raccoon to distinguish it from the other species, is a mammal native to North America.
Red fox
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus parts of North Africa.
Red panda
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.
Rostrum (anatomy)
Rostrum (from Latin rostrum, meaning beak) is a term used in anatomy for a number of phylogenetically unrelated structures in different groups of animals.
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Sagittal crest
A sagittal crest is a ridge of bone running lengthwise along the midline of the top of the skull (at the sagittal suture) of many mammalian and reptilian skulls, among others.
See Carnivora and Sagittal crest
Sahara
The Sahara is a desert spanning across North Africa.
Sea
A sea is a large body of salty water.
Sea lion
Sea lions are pinnipeds characterized by external ear flaps, long foreflippers, the ability to walk on all fours, short and thick hair, and a big chest and belly.
Sea mink
The sea mink (Neogale macrodon) is a recently extinct species of mink that lived on the eastern coast of North America around the Gulf of Maine on the New England seaboard.
Sea otter
The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean.
Seasonal breeder
Seasonal breeders are animal species that successfully mate only during certain times of the year.
See Carnivora and Seasonal breeder
Septum
In biology, a septum (Latin for something that encloses;: septa) is a wall, dividing a cavity or structure into smaller ones.
Sirenia
The Sirenia, commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. Carnivora and sirenia are mammal orders.
Skunk
Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae.
South American sea lion
The South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens, formerly Otaria byronia), also called the southern sea lion and the Patagonian sea lion, is a sea lion found on the western and southeastern coasts of South America.
See Carnivora and South American sea lion
Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.
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Southwestern China
Southwestern China is a region in the south of the People's Republic of China.
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Spotted hyena
The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena, is a hyena species, currently classed as the sole extant member of the genus Crocuta, native to sub-Saharan Africa.
See Carnivora and Spotted hyena
Stoat
The stoat (Mustela erminea), also known as the Eurasian ermine or ermine, is a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern regions of North America.
Striped hyena
The striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) is a species of hyena native to North and East Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
See Carnivora and Striped hyena
Striped skunk
The striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) is a skunk of the genus Mephitis that occurs across much of North America, including southern Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico.
See Carnivora and Striped skunk
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsahara, or Non-Mediterranean Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara.
See Carnivora and Sub-Saharan Africa
Subarctic
The subarctic zone is a region in the Northern Hemisphere immediately south of the true Arctic, north of humid continental regions and covering much of Alaska, Canada, Iceland, the north of Fennoscandia, Northwestern Russia, Siberia, and the Cairngorms.
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Systema Naturae
(originally in Latin written with the ligature æ) is one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy.
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Systematic Biology
Systematic Biology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Systematic Biologists.
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Tail
The tail is the section at the rear end of certain kinds of animals' bodies; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso.
Thomas Edward Bowdich
Thomas Edward Bowdich (20 June 179110 January 1824) was an English traveller and author.
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Ungulate
Ungulates are members of the diverse clade Euungulata ("true ungulates"), which primarily consists of large mammals with hooves.
Ursoidea
Ursoidea is a superfamily of arctoid carnivoran mammals that includes the families Subparictidae, Amphicynodontidae, and Ursidae.
Ursus (mammal)
Ursus is a genus in the family Ursidae (bears) that includes the widely distributed brown bear, the polar bear, the American black bear, and the Asian black bear.
See Carnivora and Ursus (mammal)
Viverra
Viverra is a mammalian genus that was first named and described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 as comprising several species including the large Indian civet (V. zibetha).
Viverravidae
Viverravidae ("ancestors of viverrids") is an extinct monophyletic family of mammals from extinct superfamily Viverravoidea within the clade Carnivoramorpha, that lived from the early Palaeocene to the late Eocene in North America, Europe and Asia.
See Carnivora and Viverravidae
Viverridae
Viverridae is a family of small to medium-sized, feliform mammals.
Walrus
The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is a large pinniped marine mammal with discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere.
Weasel
Weasels are mammals of the genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae.
Wolf
The wolf (Canis lupus;: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America.
Wolverine
The wolverine (Gulo gulo), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, kwiihkwahaacheew), is the largest land-dwelling member of the family Mustelidae.
Ypresian
In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene.
Zygomatic arch
In anatomy, the zygomatic arch, or cheek bone, is a part of the skull formed by the zygomatic process of the temporal bone (a bone extending forward from the side of the skull, over the opening of the ear) and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone (the side of the cheekbone), the two being united by an oblique suture (the zygomaticotemporal suture); the tendon of the temporal muscle passes medial to (i.e.
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10th edition of Systema Naturae
The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.
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See also
Carnivorans
- Ailuridae
- Ailurinae
- Caniformia
- Caniforms
- Carnivora
- Feliformia
- Feliforms
- Linsang
- List of carnivorans
- List of carnivorans by population
- List of largest land carnivorans
- Mustelidae
Extant Lutetian first appearances
- Accipitriformes
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Butterfly
- Camelidae
- Caniformia
- Carnivora
- Charadriiformes
- Cichlid
- Elephant shrew
- Golden mole
- Handfish
- Heroini
- Hexapus
- Justitia (crustacean)
- Lophius
- Orthopristis
- Parsley frog
- Tarsier
- Tetraodontidae
Taxa named by Thomas Edward Bowdich
References
Also known as Carnivoran, Carnivorans, Cub (organism), Evolution of carnivorans, Evolutionary history of Carnivora, Fissiped.