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

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Ursidae

Ailuropoda|

Giant panda

Tremarctos|

Spectacled bear

Ursus|

American black bear · Asian black bear · Brown bear · Polar bear

Melursus|

Sloth bear

Helarctos|

Sun bear

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Canidae

Atelocynus|

Short-eared dog

Canis|

Black-backed jackal · Coyote · Dingo · Domestic dog · Ethiopian wolf · Golden jackal · Gray wolf · Red wolf

Cerdocyon|

Crab-eating fox

Chrysocyon|

Maned wolf

Cuon|

Dhole

Lycaon|

African wild dog

Lycalopex|

Argentine grey fox · Culpeo · Darwin's fox · Hoary fox · Pampas fox · Sechura fox

Nyctereutes|

Raccoon dog

Otocyon|

Bat-eared Fox

Speothos|

Bush dog

Urocyon|

Cozumel fox · Gray fox · Island fox

Vulpes|

Arctic fox · Bengal fox · Blanford's fox · Cape fox · Corsac fox · Fennec fox · Kit fox · Pale fox · Red fox · Rüppell's fox · Swift fox · Tibetan sand fox

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Felidae

Acinonyx|

Cheetah

Caracal|

Caracal

Catopuma|

Asian Golden cat · Bay cat

Felis|

Black-footed cat · Domestic cat · Chinese mountain cat · Jungle cat · Pallas' cat · Sand cat · Wild cat

Otocolobus|

Pampas cat

Prionailurus|

Fishing cat · Flat-headed Cat · Iriomote Cat · Leopard cat · Rusty-spotted Cat

Leopardus|

Andean Mountain cat · Colocolo · Geoffroy's cat · Kodkod · Margay · Ocelot · Pantanal cat · Tigrillo

Leptailurus|

Serval

Lynx|

Bobcat · Canadian lynx · Eurasian lynx · Iberian lynx

Profelis|

African golden cat

Pardofelis|

Marbled cat

Puma|

Jaguarundi · Mountain lion

Neofelis|

Bornean clouded leopard · Clouded leopard

Panthera|

Jaguar · Leopard · Lion · Snow leopard · Tiger

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Pinnipedia

Otariidae|

Antarctic fur seal · Brown fur seal · California sea lion · Galápagos fur seal · Galápagos sea lion · Guadalupe fur seal · Juan Fernández fur seal · Steller sea lion · South American fur seal

Phocidae|

Baikal seal • Bearded seal • Caribbean monk seal • Caspian seal • Crabeater seal • Elephant seal • Gray seal • Harbor seal • Harp seal • Hawaiian monk seal • Hooded seal • Leopard seal • Ribbon seal • Ringed seal • Spotted seal • Weddell seal

Odobenidae|

Walrus