Back Roofdier Afrikaans ስጋበል Amharic Carnivora AN لواحم (رتبة) Arabic كارنيڤورات ARY لواحم ARZ Carnivora AST ВахӀшиял хӀайванал AV Cottoradunol (Carnivora) AVK Yırtıcılar Azerbaijani
| Carnivora Temporal range: Palaeocene to Recent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Carnivoramorpha |
| Clade: | Carnivoraformes |
| Order: | Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 |
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The order Carnivora is a group of mammals. The group is divided into the "cat-like" Feliformia and the "dog-like" Caniformia.
Animals of the order Carnivora are carnivores, a term which applies to all flesh-eaters. If one needs to refer to members of the order, then carnivorans is used. Many species of Carnivora are actually omnivores, and a few of them, like the giant panda, eat mostly plants.
The order includes aquatic relatives in the superfamily Pinnipedia, the walruses and seals.