#order_Carnivora__Carnivora  cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia
  supertype:  #animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  #subclass_Eutheria
  member:  #carnivore  terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb
  member:  #suborder_Pinnipedia__Pinnipedia  seals; sea lions; walruses
     member:  #pinniped_mammal__pinniped__pinnatiped  aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
     member:  #family_Otariidae__Otariidae  eared seals: sea lions and fur seals
        member:  #eared_seal__earedseal  pinniped mammal having external ear flaps and hind limbs used for locomotion on land; valued for its soft underfur
        member:  #genus_Arctocephalus__Arctocephalus  fur seals
           member:  #fur_seal__furseal  eared seal of the S hemisphere; the thick soft underfur is the source of sealskin
        member:  #genus_Callorhinus__Callorhinus  fur seals
           member:  #fur_seal.eared_seal__furseal  fur seal of the north Pacific
        member:  #genus_Otaria__Otaria  type genus of the Otariidae
           member:  #South_American_sea_lion__Otaria_Byronia  of the southern coast of South America
        member:  #genus_Zalophus__Zalophus  sea lions
           member:  #California_sea_lion__Zalophus_californianus__Zalophus_californicus  often trained as a show animal
           member:  #Australian_sea_lion__Zalophus_lobatus  a variety of sea lion found in Australia
        member:  #genus_Eumetopias__Eumetopias  sea lions
           member:  #Steller_sea_lion__Steller's_sea_lion__Eumetopias_jubatus  largest sea lion; of the north Pacific
     member:  #family_Phocidae__Phocidae  earless seals
        member:  #earless_seal__earlessseal__true_seal__hair_seal  any of several seals lacking external ear flaps and having a stiff hairlike coat with hind limbs reduced to swimming flippers
        member:  #genus_Phoca__Phoca  type genus of the Phocidae: earless seals
           member:  #harbor_seal__common_seal__Phoca_vitulina  small spotted seal of coastal waters of the northern hemisphere
        member:  #genus_Pagophilus__Pagophilus  harp seals
           member:  #harp_seal__Pagophilus_groenlandicus  common arctic seal; the young are all white
        member:  #genus_Mirounga__Mirounga  elephant seals
           member:  #elephant_seal__sea_elephant__seaelephant  either of two large North Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunks
        member:  #genus_Erignathus__Erignathus  bearded seals
           member:  #bearded_seal__beardedseal__squareflipper_square_flipper__Erignathus_barbatus  medium-sized grayish to yellow seal with bristles each side of muzzle; of Arctic Ocean
        member:  #genus_Cystophora__Cystophora  hooded seals
           member:  #hooded_seal__bladdernose__Cystophora_cristata  medium-sized blackish-gray seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and north Atlantic waters
     member:  #family_Odobenidae__Odobenidae  walruses and extinct forms
        member:  #genus_Odobenus__Odobenus  type genus of the Odobenidae: walruses
           member:  #walrus__seahorse__sea_horse__seahorse  either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber
  member:  #family_Canidae__Canidae  dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes
     member:  #canine__canid  any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
     member:  #genus_Canis__Canis  type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs; wolves; jackals
        member:  #dog__domesticdog__Canis_familiaris  a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night"
        member:  #wolf  any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
        member:  #jackal__Canis_aureus  Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
     member:  #wild_dog  any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves
     member:  #genus_Cuon__Cuon__Cyon__genus_Cyon  Asiatic wild dog
        member:  #dhole__Cuon_alpinus  fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs
     member:  #genus_Dusicyon__Dusicyon  crab-eating dog
     member:  #genus_Nyctereutes__Nyctereutes  raccoon dogs
        member:  #raccoon_dog__raccoondog__Nyctereutes_procyonides  small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon
     member:  #genus_Lycaeon__Lycaeon  African hunting dog
     member:  #genus_Vulpes__Vulpes  foxes
        member:  #Vulpes_vulpes__red_fox  the common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species
        member:  #Vulpes_fulva__red_fox  New World fox; often considered the same species las the Old World fox
        member:  #prairie_fox__prairiefox__kit_fox__kitfox__Vulpes_velox  small gray fox of the plains of western North America
        member:  #kit_fox__kitfox__Vulpes_macrotis  small gray fox of southwestern United States; may be a subspecies of Vulpes velox
     member:  #genus_Alopex__Alopex  arctic foxes
        member:  #arctic_fox__white_fox__whitefox__Alopex_lagopus  thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions; brownish in summer and white in winter
     member:  #genus_Urocyon__Urocyon  gray foxes
        member:  #gray_fox__grey_fox__Urocyon_cinereoargenteus  dark gray American fox; from Central America through southern United States
  member:  #family_Hyaenidae__Hyaenidae  hyenas
     member:  #hyena__hyaena  doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
     member:  #genus_Hyaena  type genus of the Hyaenidae
        member:  #striped_hyena__stripedhyena__Hyaena_hyaena  of northern Africa and Arabia and India
        member:  #brown_hyena__brownhyena__strand_wolf__Hyaena_brunnea  of southern Africa
     member:  #genus_Crocuta__Crocuta  a genus of Hyaenidae
        member:  #spotted_hyena__spottedhyena__laughing_hyena__Crocuta_crocuta  African hyena noted for its distinctive howl
     member:  #genus_Proteles__Proteles  aardwolf
        member:  #aardwolf__Proteles_cristata  striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects
  member:  #family_Felidae__Felidae  cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers
     member:  #feline__felid  any of various lithe-bodied round-headed fissiped mammals many with retractile claws
     member:  #genus_Felis__Felis  type genus of the Felidae: true cats and most wildcats
        member:  #domestic_cat__cat__house_cat__housecat__Felis_domesticus__Felis_catus  any domesticated member of the genus Felis
        member:  #wildcat  any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
        member:  #European_wildcat__catamountain__Felis_silvestris  bushy-tailed European wildcat resembling the domestic tabby and regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat
        member:  #cougar__puma__catamount__mountain_lion__painter__panther__Felis_concolor  large American feline resembling a lion
        member:  #ocelot__panther_cat__panthercat__Felis_pardalis  nocturnal wildcat of Central and South America having a dark-spotted buff-brown coat
        member:  #jaguarundi_cat__jaguarundi__jaguarondi__eyra__Felis_yagouaroundi  long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat
        member:  #kaffir_cat__caffer_cat__Felis_ocreata  widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor
        member:  #jungle_cat__Felis_chaus  small Asiatic wildcat
        member:  #Felis_serval__serval  slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat
        member:  #leopard_cat__leopardcat__Felis_bengalensis  small spotted wildcat of southern Asia and Malaysia
        member:  #Felis_tigrina__tiger_cat__tigercat  medium-sized wildcat of Central and South America having a dark-striped coat
        member:  #margay_cat__margay__Felis_wiedi  small spotted wildcat found from Texas to Brazil
        member:  #Felis_manul__manul__Pallas's_cat  small wildcat of the mountains of Siberia Tibet and Mongolia
     member:  #genus_Lynx  lynxes
        member:  #lynx__catamount  short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for their fur
     member:  #big_cat__bigcat__cat  any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
     member:  #genus_Panthera__Panthera  lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers
        member:  #leopard__Panthera_pardus  large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
        member:  #snow_leopard__ounce__pantherauncia  large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
        member:  #jaguar__panther__Panthera_onca__Felis_onca  a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis
        member:  #lion__king_of_beasts__Panthera_leo  large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
        member:  #Panthera_tigris__tiger  large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
     member:  #genus_Acinonyx__Acinonyx  cheetahs
        member:  #cheetah__chetah__Acinonyx_jubatus  long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws; the swiftest mammal; can be trained to run down game
     member:  #genus_Smiledon__Smiledon  saber-toothed tigers
        member:  #Smiledon_californicus  North American sabertooth; culmination of sabertooth development
     member:  #genus_Nimravus__Nimravus  false sabertoothed tigers
        member:  #false_saber-toothed_tiger__falsesabertoothedtiger  North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon
  member:  #family_Ursidae__Ursidae  bears and extinct related forms
     member:  #bear  massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
     member:  #genus_Ursus__Ursus  type genus of Ursidae: brown bears; in some classifications genus Ursus includes all bears
        member:  #brown_bear__brownbear__bruin__Ursus_arctos  large ferocious bear of Eurasia
     member:  #genus_Euarctos__Euarctos  American black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus
        member:  #American_black_bear__black_bear__blackbear__Ursus_americanus__Euarctos_americanus  brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear
     member:  #genus_Selenarctos__Selenarctos  Asiatic black bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus
        member:  #Asiatic_black_bear__black_bear__blackbear__Ursus_thibetanus__Selenarctos_thibetanus  black bear of central and eastern Asia
     member:  #genus_Thalarctos__Thalarctos  polar bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus
        member:  #ice_bear__icebear__polar_bear__polarbear__Ursus_Maritimus__Thalarctos_maritimus  white bear of arctic regions
     member:  #genus_Melursus__Melursus  sloth bears; in some classifications not a separate genus from Ursus
        member:  #sloth_bear__slothbear__Melursus_ursinus__Ursus_ursinus  common coarse-haired long-snouted bear of south-central Asia
  member:  #family_Viverridae__Viverridae__Viverrinae__family_Viverrinae  genets; civets; mongooses
     member:  #viverrine_mammal__viverrinemammal__viverrine  small catlike predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World
     member:  #civet__civet_cat__civetcat  catlike mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes
     member:  #genus_Viverra__Viverra  type genus of the family Viverridae
     member:  #genus_Viverricula__Viverricula  a genus of Viverridae
     member:  #genus_Arctictis__Arctictis  binturongs
        member:  #binturong__bearcat__Arctictis_bintourong  arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair
     member:  #genus_Cryptoprocta__Cryptoprocta  large primitive catlike carnivores inhabiting forests of Madagascar
     member:  #genus_Fossa__Fossa  monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
        member:  #fanaloka__Fossa_fossa  civet of Madagascar
     member:  #genus_Genetta__Genetta  genets
        member:  #genet__Genetta_genetta  agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail
     member:  #genus_Hemigalus__Hemigalus  banded palm civets
        member:  #banded_palm_civet__Hemigalus_hardwickii  E Indian civet
     member:  #genus_Herpestes__Herpestes  mongooses
        member:  #mongoose  agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents
     member:  #genus_Paradoxurus__Paradoxurus  palm civets
        member:  #palm_cat__palm_civet  spotted or striped arboreal civet of southeast Asia and East Indies
     member:  #genus_Suricata__Suricata  meerkats
        member:  #meerkat__mierkat  South African mongoose-like viverrine having a face like a lemur and only four toes
  member:  #family_Mustelidae__Mustelidae  weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens
     member:  #musteline_mammal__mustelinemammal__musteline  fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
     member:  #genus_Mustela__Mustela  type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels
        member:  #weasel  small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
        member:  #mink  slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur
        member:  #fitch__polecat__foulmart__foumart__Mustela_putorius  dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
        member:  #black-footed_ferret__ferret__Mustela_nigripes  ferret of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
     member:  #genus_Poecilogale__Poecilogale  muishonds
        member:  #muishond  southern African weasel
     member:  #genus_Ictonyx__Ictonyx  a genus of Mustelidae
        member:  #striped_muishond__stripedmuishond__Ictonyx_striata__ictonyxstriata  ferret-sized muishond often tamed
        member:  #zoril__Ictonyx_frenata  north African muishond
     member:  #subfamily_Lutrinae__Lutrinae  subdivision not used in some classifications: otters
     member:  #genus_Lutra__Lutra  in some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae
        member:  #otter  freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur
     member:  #genus_Enhydra__Enhydra  sea otters
        member:  #sea_otter__seaotter__Enhydra_lutris  large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown fur
     member:  #subfamily_Mephitinae__Mephitinae  subdivision not used in some classifications: skunks
     member:  #genus_Mephitis__Mephitis  in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae
        member:  #striped_skunk__stripedskunk__Mephitis_mephitis  most common and widespread North American skunk
        member:  #hooded_skunk__Mephitis_macroura  of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States
     member:  #genus_Conepatus__Conepatus  a genus of Mustelidae
        member:  #hog-nosed_skunk__hognosedskunk__hognosed_skunk__badger_skunk__rooter_skunk__Conepatus_leuconotus  large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico
     member:  #genus_Spilogale__Spilogale  a genus of Mustelidae
        member:  #little_spotted_skunk__spotted_skunk__spottedskunk__Spilogale_putorius  small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico
     member:  #subfamily_Melinae__Melinae  subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers
     member:  #genus_Taxidea__Taxidea  in some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae
        member:  #American_badger__Taxidea_taxus  a variety of badger native to America
     member:  #genus_Meles__Meles  in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Melinae
        member:  #Eurasian_badger__Meles_meles  a variety of badger native to Europe and Asia
     member:  #genus_Mellivora__Mellivora  ratels
        member:  #ratel__honey_badger__honeybadger__Mellivora_capensis  nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia
     member:  #genus_Melogale__Melogale  a genus of Mustelidae
        member:  #ferret_badger  small ferret-like badger of southeast Asia
     member:  #genus_Arctonyx__Arctonyx  a genus of Mustelidae
        member:  #hog_badger__hogbadger__hog-nosed_badger__hognosedbadger__sand_badger__Arctonyx_collaris  SE Asian badger with a snout like a pig
     member:  #genus_Gulo__Gulo  a genus of Mustelidae
        member:  #carcajou__wolverine__skunk_bear__skunkbear__Gulo_luscus  stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal
     member:  #genus_Grison  a genus of Mustelidae
        member:  #grison__Grison_vittatus__Galictis_vittatus  carnivore of Central and South America resembling a weasel with a grayish-white back and dark underparts
     member:  #genus_Galictis  alternative name for the genus Grison
     member:  #genus_Martes__Martes  martens
        member:  #marten_cat__marten  agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels
     member:  #genus_Charronia__Charronia  a genus of Mustelidae
        member:  #yellow-throated_marten__Charronia_flavigula  large yellow and black marten of S China and Burma
     member:  #genus_Eira__Eira  a genus of Mustelidae
        member:  #tayra__taira__Eira_barbara  long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central and South America
  member:  #family_Procyonidae__Procyonidae  raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas
     member:  #procyonid  plantigrade carnivorous mammals
     member:  #genus_Procyon__Procyon  type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons
        member:  #raccoon__racoon  omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North and Central America
     member:  #subfamily_Bassariscidae__Bassariscidae  in some classifications considered a separate family
     member:  #genus_Bassariscus__Bassariscus  cacomistles
        member:  #bassarisk__cacomistle__cacomixle__coon_cat__raccoon_fox__raccoonfox__ringtail__ring-tailed_cat__civet_cat__civetcat__miner's_cat__Bassariscus_astutus  raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
     member:  #genus_Potos__Potos  a genus of Procyonidae
        member:  #kinkajou__honey_bear__honeybear__potto__Potos_flavus__Potos_caudivolvulus  arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail
     member:  #genus_Nasua__Nasua  coatis
        member:  #coati-mondi__coatimondi__coati__coati-mundi__coatimundi__coon_cat__Nasua_narica  omnivorous mammal of Central and South America
     member:  #genus_Ailurus__Ailurus  lesser pandas
        member:  #lesser_panda__red_panda__redpanda__panda__bear_cat__cat_bear__catbear__ailurusfulgen  reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas
     member:  #genus_Ailuropoda__Ailuropoda  only the giant panda: in some classifications considered a genus of the separate family Ailuropodidae
        member:  #giant_panda__giantpanda__panda__panda_bear__pandabear__coon_bear__Ailuropoda_melanoleuca  large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae

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