The diverse order Carnivora pronounced: (from Latin carō (stem carn-) 'flesh', + vorāre 'to devour') includes over 260 placental mammals. While the Giant Panda is almost exclusively a herbivore (although it does occasionally eat fish, eggs and insects), nearly all others eat meat as their primary diet item: some (like the cat family) almost exclusively, others (like the bears and foxes) are more omnivorous. Members of Carnivora have a characteristic skull shape, and their dentition includes prominent canines and carnassials.

Phylogeny

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Older classification schemes divided the order into two suborders, Fissipedia (which included the families of primarily land carnivores) and Pinnipedia (which included the true seals, eared seals, and walrus). However, even at the time, it was recognized that the Fissipedia was a paraphyletic group: the pinnipeds were not the sister group to the fissipeds but rather had arisen from among them.

Newer classification schemes have been able to integrate the findings from molecular techniques for discovering genetic relationships. They generally divide the Carnivora into the suborders Feliformia (cat-like) and Caniformia (dog-like), the latter of which includes the pinnipeds. The pinnipeds are part of a clade, known as the Arctoidea, which also includes the bears and the superfamily Musteloidea. The Musteloidea in turn consists of the mustelids, procyonids, skunks and Ailurus. The dogs are the sister group to the entire arctoid assemblage; they were the first of the extant caniforms to split from the others.

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@LuisExMachina En vez de flor en el beetle podrían poner una planta carnívora... pero igual la forma del beetle no ayuda.
angeldaniel (angeldaniel) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:03:38 -0000
@LuisExMachina En vez de flor en el beetle podrían poner una planta carnívora... pero igual la forma del beetle no ayuda.
Creo que es algún tipo de peligroso depredador. Una especie de planta carnívora gigantesca y revestida de suave y cálida micropiel.
lectorconstante (Lector Constante) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:26:07 -0000
Creo que es algún tipo de peligroso depredador. Una especie de planta carnívora gigantesca y revestida de suave y cálida micropiel.
@o_peste carnivora não amor, é só vc que eu quero comer :B kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk u.u #ignore
nathyferry (Nathália Ferreira ❥) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:10:25 -0000
@o_peste carnivora não amor, é só vc que eu quero comer :B kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk u.u #ignore
Qual é uma das plantas mais evoluidas( Dwarvinistas discordaram de mim ) ??? Planta Carnivora. Pq? Pq ela come carne. #CARNE . C A R N E !!!
DigHR (Gabriel Rios) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:37:33 -0000
Qual é uma das plantas mais evoluidas( Dwarvinistas discordaram de mim ) ??? Planta Carnivora. Pq? Pq ela come carne. #CARNE . C A R N E !!!
Se eu já sou tão agressiva assim, sendo 100% vegetariana, imagina se eu fosse carnívora! Seria pelo menos um fígado humano por dia!
tpmatica (Melissa Brito) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:37:22 -0000
Se eu já sou tão agressiva assim, sendo 100% vegetariana, imagina se eu fosse carnívora! Seria pelo menos um fígado humano por dia!
La planta carnívora de Mario BrosIncreible http://bit.ly/7klII
sofijames (Sofía James) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:32:14 -0000
La planta carnívora de Mario BrosIncreible http://bit.ly/7klII

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