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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a maioria fala que é uma flor, uma rosa ou uma planta carnivora. kkkkkkk, #rachei
GabiAcioly (Gabi Acioly) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:02:41 -0000
a maioria fala que é uma flor, uma rosa ou uma planta carnivora. kkkkkkk, #rachei
CANIBAL VEGETARIANO DEVORA PLANTA CARNÍVORA! Adoro a criatividade do @1bertoGessinger ;)
CamilaGess (Camila Ferreira ) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:47:37 -0000
CANIBAL VEGETARIANO DEVORA PLANTA CARNÍVORA! Adoro a criatividade do @1bertoGessinger ;)
sou carnivora ok
fabiiteloken (Fabi Telöken) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:29:36 -0000
sou carnivora ok
@Quinnbox ajajaj what? mi mente carnívora no concibe eso
Piripanda (Jacqueline) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:22:32 -0000
@Quinnbox ajajaj what? mi mente carnívora no concibe eso
@barbaracardozo ahuahuahua...Flor...Carnívora! ri mto agora...rs. Com certeza não mata, mas que dá uma ansiedade, ah dá!
giu_lopes (Giuliana Lopes) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:29:10 -0000
@barbaracardozo ahuahuahua...Flor...Carnívora! ri mto agora...rs. Com certeza não mata, mas que dá uma ansiedade, ah dá!
@giu_lopes Haha sou uma flor....carnivora! ahushauhsahs
barbaracardozo (Babi) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:27:15 -0000
@giu_lopes Haha sou uma flor....carnivora! ahushauhsahs

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