carnivore

Also known as carnivorous animal

thumb|Lion|Lions are obligate carnivores, since they consume only animal flesh for their nutritional requirements.

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A carnivore is an animal that eats meat from other animals to meet its nutritional needs. Some carnivores, like lions, are "obligate carnivores" that rely entirely on animal flesh and cannot survive on other types of food.

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Subclass of: feeding behavior
Has part: necrophagy
Image: Carnivore-lion.jpg

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has characteristic: trophic level
opposite of: herbivore
topic's main category: Category:Carnivorous animals
Commons category: Carnivores

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Nomenclature
Mammal order
Carnivorous diet
Subcategories of carnivory
Obligate carnivores
Characteristics of carnivores
Prehistory of carnivory
Proterozoic origin
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
See also
References
Further reading

thumb|Lion|Lions are obligate carnivores, since they consume only animal flesh for their nutritional requirements.

A carnivore , or meat-eater (Latin, caro, genitive carnis, meaning meat or flesh and vorare meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose nutrition and energy requirements are met by consumption of animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other soft tissues) as food, whether through predation or scavenging.

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