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CARNIVORES [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2003-02-04
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Mammals
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Carnivora
1, record 1, English, Carnivora
correct, plural
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- carnivores 2, record 1, English, carnivores
plural
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A large order of flesh-eating Mammalia, including among others the feline, canine, and ursine families. 3, record 1, English, - Carnivora
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Carnivora ... are believed to have arisen from generalized insectivores during the Paleocene and are mostly carnivorous in habit having teeth adapted for flesh eating, a simple stomach and short intestine, feet with four or more usually clawed toes, a well-developed brain, clavicles wanting or vestigial, and a zonary deciduate placenta. 4, record 1, English, - Carnivora
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Also, sometimes applied to orders or groups of other animals, e.g. to a large family of pentamerous beetles. 3, record 1, English, - Carnivora
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
For a singular, see "carnivore." 3, record 1, English, - Carnivora
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Mammifères
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- carnivores
1, record 1, French, carnivores
correct, masculine noun, plural
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- carnassiers 2, record 1, French, carnassiers
correct, masculine noun, plural, obsolete
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Ordre de mammifères placentaires, aussi appelés carnassiers, à griffes, dont les dents (crocs, molaires tranchantes) et le système digestif permettent une alimentation à base de chair crue. 2, record 1, French, - carnivores
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
On subdivise l'ordre des carnivores en créodontes (fossiles), fissipèdes (ou carnivores au sens strict), terrestres, et pinnipèdes, amphibies et essentiellement marins. Les fissipèdes comprennent au moins 7 familles : canidés (chien), ursidés (ours), procyonidés (raton laveur), mustélidés (belette), viverridés (genette), hyénidés (hyène) et félidés (chat). Certains auteurs distinguent en outre les mélidés (blaireau) et les lutridés (loutre), généralement rangés parmi les mustélidés. 3, record 1, French, - carnivores
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Les carnivores sont digitigrades ou plantigrades. 2, record 1, French, - carnivores
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Mamíferos
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- carnívoros
1, record 1, Spanish, carn%C3%ADvoros
correct, masculine noun, plural
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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