Carnivora

Carnivora is that order in the class Mammalia, characterized by a diet of the flesh of other animals (the giant panda Ailuropoda melanoleuca being a notable exception).

Classification[edit]

Those animals marked with a "†" are extinct.

• ORDER CARNIVORA
  • Suborder Feliformia ("cat-like")
    • Superfamily Feloidea
      • Family †Stenoplesictidae
      • Family †Nimravidae: false sabre-tooth cats (5–36 Ma)
      • Family Nandiniidae: African Palm Civet; 1 species in 1 genus
      • Family Prinonodontidae: Asiatic linsangs; 2 species in 1 genus
      • Family †Barbourofelidae (6–18 Ma)
      • Family Felidae: cats; 40 species in 14 genera
    • Infraorder Viverroidea
      • Family Viverridae: civets and allies; 35 species in 15 genera
      • Superfamily Herpestoidea
        • Family Hyaenidae: hyenas and aardwolf; 4 species in 3 genera
        • Family Eupleridae : Malagasy carnivores; 8 species in 7 genera
        • Family Herpestidae: mongooses and allies; 33 species in 14 genera
  • Suborder Caniformia ("dog-like")
    • Superfamily Canoidea
      • Family †Amphicyonidae: Bear-dogs (9–37 Ma)
      • Family Canidae: dogs and allies; 37 species in 10 genera
    • Infraorder Arctoidea
      • Superfamily Ursoidea
        • Family †Hemicyonidae: (2-22 Ma)
        • Family Ursidae: bears; 8 species in 5 genera
      • Superfamily Musteloidea
        • Family Ailuridae: Red Panda; 1 species in 1 genus.
        • Family Mephitidae: skunks and stink badgers; 10 species in 4 genera
        • Family Mustelidae: weasels, martens, badgers, and otters; 55 species in 24 genera
        • Family Procyonidae: raccoons and allies; 19 species in 6 genera
      • Superfamily Pinnipedia
        • Family †Enaliarctidae: (23–20 Ma)
        • Family Odobenidae: Walrus; 1 species in 1 genus
        • Family Otariidae: sea lions, eared seals, fur seals; 14 species in 7 genera
        • Family Phocidae: true seals; 19 species in 9 genera