Alphabetical list of animals name from a to z

Carnivorous Animals

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Carnivorous Animals

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In terms of short, Carnivores are organisms that eat meat (meat eaters).

In general a carnivore is an animal whose diet is mostly meat, both eaten alive or meat derived from animals that are already dead.


Carnivore word comes from the Latin carne, which means meat and vorare which means "eat". This word can also be used to refer to a mammal in the order Carnivora, which generally correspond to the first definition.

Carnivores that eat insects as the main food called insectivores example, chameleons and spiders, while carnivore that eats fish as its main food called piskivora example, penguins, seals, and dolphins.