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Order Carnivora

Carnivorans…. Order Carnivora. Toni Christopher. NOT carnivores…. Taxonomy of Carnivorans. Order Carnivora. Suborder Feliformia. Suborder Pinnipedia. Suborder Caniformia. Taxonomy of Carnivorans Cont. Suborder Feliformia. Suborder Caniformia. Canidae. Felidae. Otariidae.

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Order Carnivora

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  1. Carnivorans… Order Carnivora Toni Christopher NOT carnivores…

  2. Taxonomy of Carnivorans Order Carnivora Suborder Feliformia Suborder Pinnipedia Suborder Caniformia

  3. Taxonomy of Carnivorans Cont. Suborder Feliformia Suborder Caniformia Canidae Felidae Otariidae Canines Cats Herpestidae Earred Seals Mongooses Mephitidae Hyaenidae Odobenidae Skunks Hyenas Walruses Mustelidae Viverridae Weasels Phocidae Civets Earless Seals Eupleridae Procyonidae Malagasy carnivores Raccoons Amphicyonidae Bear-dogs Ursidae Nimravidae Bears Paleofelids

  4. Suborder Face-Off! Caniforms Feliforms • non-retractile claws • Well developed baculum • Simple colorations • Temperate & subarctic • Terrestrial & aquatic • Mostly plantigrade • More teeth and longer skulls • Retractile claws • Not as developed • Spots, stripes, and bright • More tropical habitats • Arboreal or partly so • Digitigrade • Fewer teeth and shorter skulls

  5. Pinnipeds • Homeothermic marine Carnivorans • Low surface area to volume ratio • Blubber layer, typically hair covered, digits connected by webbing • Can remain underwater for over an hour • Very small or non-existant pinnae and well developed whiskers • Very short or absent tails and hidden genitalia

  6. Typical Characteristics • Large brains in heavy skulls • Highly developed zygomatic arches for powerful jaw muscle attachment • Simple stomachs for primarily meat diets • Incredibly acute senses of vision, hearing, and smell • Carnassial pair

  7. Diets and Feeding • Carnivory, herbivory, and omnivory • Caniforms are mostly omnivores with a few exceptions • Giant Panda • Feliforms and Pinnipeds are more strictly carnivores • Most Carnivorans ambush prey, others tire it out • Crabeater seal is an exception! • Filterfeeder on zooplankton

  8. Range and Habitat • Anywhere prey items or sources of food are found • Land and sea • Forests, deserts, mountains, grasslands, scrublands, tundra, open ice, freshwater rivers, lakes, marshes, open ocean, and marine coastal areas. • Home ranges and migratory ranges

  9. Predation and Conservation • Predation • young by other predators • By humans for centuries • Competition, fur, meat, sport, old medicines, habitat loss, black market • Conservation • Captive breeding • Giant Panda • Reintroduction into areas of extirpation • Yellowstone wolves • Getting humans to live in peace with nature

  10. Some Carnivorans Cryptoproctaferox Mustelaputoriusfuro Saber Tooth Tiger Asian Palm Civet

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