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Carnivores are animals that eat a diet consisting mostly of meat. Also, the word could refer to the mammals of the Order Carnivora, many (but not all) of which fit the first definition. Here is a list below that includes animals that are unable to chew and digest plant matter.
Carnivores that eat primarily (or only) insects are called insectivores.
1 Animals that are true carnivores
The lion is a well known truly carnivorous member of the order Carnivora
A true carnivore is an animal that can primarily subsists on diet consisting only of meat. They may consume other products presented to them, especially animal product s like cheese and bone marrow, or sweet sugary substances like honey and syrup, but do not need to consume these on a regular basis.
- Cats (not only including domestic cats but also including lions, tigerTigers Panthera tigris are mammals of the Felidae family, one of four " big cats" that belong to the Panthera genus. Tigers are predatory carnivores. Tigers are easily recognizable by their stripes and their tawny fur color, which may range from yellow tos, and other members of the cat family.)
- Birds of prey, including hawkThe term hawk refers to birds of prey in any of three senses: Strictly, to mean any of the species in the genera Accipiter Micronisus Melierax Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis''. The widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks, sparrowhawks, the Sharp-shins, eagleAquila ''Haliaeetus ''Pithecophaga ''Circaetus Scientists argue whether Accipitriformes are a separate order,or belong to the Falconiformes. Eagles are large birds of prey, which are found mainly in the Old World, with only two species ( Bald Eagle and Gos, falconFor other uses of the word falcon see falcon (disambiguation). About 37; see text. A Falcon is any of several species of bird of the genus Falco such as the Peregrine Falcon which are raptors or " birds of prey". Overview Falcons have thin, pointed wings,s, and owlStrigidae Tytonidae An owl is any of some 200+ species of solitary nocturnal birds of prey in the order Strigiformes . Owls mostly hunt small mammals, insects, and other birds, though a few species specialize in hunting fish. They are found on all the Ears.
- SnakeAcrochordidae Aniliidae Anomalepididae Anomochilidae Atractaspididae Boidae Bolyeriidae Colubridae Cylindrophiidae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Leptotyphlopidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Typhlopidae Uropeltidae Viperidae Xenopeltidae Snakes are colds
- Crocodilians
- Sharks and certain other species of fish
- Toothed whales
- Spiders
- Mantophasmatodea and other insects
There are also several species of carnivorous plants, though most are primarily insectivorous, some digest nematodes and other small invertebrates
Many dinosaurs and other extinct animals were carnivores, for example the well known Tyrannosaurus rex.
2 See also
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has an e-mail tapping system named Carnivore
