Carnivoros, in le senso taxonomic, son mammiferos del ordineCarnivora.
Illos se distingue per un dentition que los permitte de mangiar altere animales.
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In le senso plus large, qualcunque animal que mangia carne es qualifiate de carnivore. De facto, qualque species del ordine Carnivora, como le panda gigante (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), mangia quasi nulle carne.
Historicamente, zoologistas placiava phocas e morsas in un altere ordine, Pinnipedia. Nunc, Pinnipedia es placiate como kingruppo de Musteloidea in le subordine Caniformia de Carnivora.
Le ordine Carnivora contine 15 familias in duo subordines:
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