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Carnivora (order) (Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Order containing around 270 species in 12 families, being the most diverse of any mammalian order; the taxonomy of the major categories has been in a state of flux for more than a century. Carnivores have in common that they possess teeth and claws adapted for catching and eating other animals. Some eat primarily or exclusively meat, while others are omnivores. Members are typically hunter and scavenger meat-eating mammals such as dogs, cats, wolves, foxes, bears, and seals. Given that the order includes such great taxonomic diversity, the characteristics used to separate Carnivora from other mammalian orders and to define the subdivisions of Carnivora are primarily structural, notably certain features of the skull (such as jaw articulation), feet (number of toes, lack of opposability of the hind toe, type of claws, and fusion of certain bones), and teeth (both the overall tooth pattern and the shape of individual teeth). For exclusively meat-eating animals in a more general sense, use "carnivores (general sense)."
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| Terms: |
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| Carnivora (order) (preferred,C,U,S,English-P,D,L,N)
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| Carnivora (order) (Latin-P,D,U,N)
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| Carnivora (orde) (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| carnivores (order) (C,U,C,English,AD,U,N)
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| carnivore (order) (C,U,English,AD,U,N)
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| 食肉目 (目) (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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| shí ròu mù (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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| shi rou mu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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| shih jou mu (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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| roofdieren (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: H.HL |
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.... Living Organisms (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ living organisms (entities) (G) |
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............ Eukaryota (domain) (G) |
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................ Animalia (kingdom) (G) |
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.................... Chordata (phylum) (G) |
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........................ Vertebrata (subphylum) (G) |
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............................ Mammalia (class) (G) |
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................................ Carnivora (order) (G) |
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.... Living Organisms (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ living organisms (entities) (G) |
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............ Eukaryota (domain) (G) |
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................ Animalia (kingdom) (G) |
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.................... Chordata (phylum) (G) |
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........................ Vertebrata (subphylum) (G) |
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............................ Mammalia (class) (G) |
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................................ Placentalia (subclass) (G) |
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.................................... Carnivora (order) (G) |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 目名，目下有12個科，包含約270個物種，是哺乳動物中種類最多元的目，過去一百多年來，其主要種類的分類法始終未能固定。肉食動物的共通點在於擁有適合捕食其他動物的牙齒與爪子，有些以肉類為主食，或是專食肉類，其他則是雜食性。其成員通常是以肉類為食的獵食者或食腐哺乳類動物，例如：狗、貓、狼、狐狸、熊與海豹。由於此目具有極大的分類多元性，因此主要是以身體結構特徵來區分食肉目與其他哺乳類動物目，並再進一步細分食肉目物種，尤其是某些頭骨的特徵（例如：頷骨的關節）、足部特徵（腳趾的數目、缺乏可相對的後趾、腳爪的樣式、某些骨頭的融合）以及牙齒的特徵（包括整體齒列以及個別牙齒的形狀）。在較廣泛的意義上而言，專門只吃肉的動物稱為「肉食動物（一般意義）」。 |
| Dutch ..... Orde van ongeveer 270 soorten in 12 families. Het is de meest diverse orde van zoogdieren. De taxonomie van de grote categorieën is al meer dan een eeuw aan verandering onderhevig. Roofdieren hebben allemaal tanden en klauwen die geschikt zijn om andere dieren te vangen en op te eten. Sommige soorten eten voornamelijk of alleen maar vlees, terwijl andere soorten omnivoren zijn. Gewoonlijk zijn het jagende of aasetende zoogdieren, zoals honden, katten, wolven, vossen, beren en zeehonden. Omdat de orde taxonomisch gezien zo divers is, wordt deze voornamelijk onderscheiden van andere ordes van zoogdieren (en verder onderverdeeld) op grond van structurele kenmerken, met name de vorm van de schedel (bijvoorbeeld van de kaakgewrichten), de poten (aantal tenen, niet opponeerbare achterste teen, het soort klauwen en de vergroeiing van bepaalde botten) en tanden (zowel het algemene patroon van de tanden als de vorm van individuele tanden). Gebruik ���carnivoren (algemene betekenis)' voor dieren die uitsluitend vlees eten. |
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Related concepts: |
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| distinguished from .... |
carnivores (general sense) |
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(<animals by activity>, Animalia (kingdom), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) [300310183] |
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