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Carnivora

Carnivora is an order in the class Mammalia. This database currently files 9 species under it, 6 of them threatened, recorded across 195 countries.

Species filed
9
Threatened
6
Countries recorded
195
With a free photo
100%
Weight range
37.6 kg – 450 kg

What is in Carnivora?

3 families filed directly under this order.

  1. Felidae

    lion, jaguar, tiger, leopard …

    5 species
  2. Canidae

    red fox, grey wolf

    2 species
  3. Ursidae

    polar bear, giant panda

    2 species

Best-known members of Carnivora

Ranked by popularity score.

LC, Least Concern
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Red fox

Vulpes vulpes

Canidae

VU, Vulnerable
Lion (Panthera leo)

Lion

Panthera leo

Felidae

NT, Near Threatened
Jaguar (Panthera onca)

Jaguar

Panthera onca

Felidae

EN, Endangered
Tiger (Panthera tigris)

Tiger

Panthera tigris

Felidae

VU, Vulnerable
Leopard (Panthera pardus)

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Felidae

VU, Vulnerable
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

Felidae

How threatened is Carnivora?

9 of 9 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN categorySpeciesShare of assessed
ENEndangered111%
VUVulnerable556%
NTNear Threatened111%
LCLeast Concern222%

Where is Carnivora recorded?

Species on file in this order with sighting records in each country. Recorded sightings, not natural ranges.

Tanzania: 4 speciesW. Sahara: 1 speciesCanada: 6 speciesUnited States of America: 9 speciesKazakhstan: 3 speciesUzbekistan: 2 speciesPapua New Guinea: 1 speciesIndonesia: 3 speciesArgentina: 3 speciesChile: 2 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 4 speciesSomalia: 3 speciesKenya: 5 speciesSudan: 5 speciesChad: 4 speciesDominican Rep.: 1 speciesRussia: 6 speciesNorway: 3 speciesGreenland: 3 speciesSouth Africa: 6 speciesLesotho: 1 speciesMexico: 3 speciesUruguay: 2 speciesBrazil: 5 speciesBolivia: 2 speciesPeru: 2 speciesColombia: 2 speciesPanama: 2 speciesCosta Rica: 2 speciesNicaragua: 2 speciesHonduras: 2 speciesEl Salvador: 2 speciesGuatemala: 2 speciesBelize: 2 speciesVenezuela: 2 speciesGuyana: 1 speciesSuriname: 2 speciesFrance: 7 speciesEcuador: 2 speciesPuerto Rico: 1 speciesJamaica: 1 speciesCuba: 1 speciesZimbabwe: 4 speciesBotswana: 3 speciesNamibia: 7 speciesSenegal: 5 speciesMali: 2 speciesBenin: 3 speciesNiger: 2 speciesNigeria: 4 speciesCameroon: 2 speciesTogo: 1 speciesGhana: 2 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 2 speciesGuinea: 1 speciesGuinea-Bissau: 1 speciesLiberia: 2 speciesSierra Leone: 2 speciesBurkina Faso: 1 speciesCentral African Rep.: 3 speciesCongo: 2 speciesGabon: 2 speciesEq. Guinea: 1 speciesZambia: 3 speciesMalawi: 5 speciesMozambique: 3 specieseSwatini: 2 speciesAngola: 4 speciesBurundi: 2 speciesIsrael: 4 speciesLebanon: 3 speciesMadagascar: 1 speciesPalestine: 2 speciesGambia: 2 speciesTunisia: 3 speciesAlgeria: 5 speciesJordan: 3 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 2 speciesKuwait: 2 speciesIraq: 4 speciesOman: 3 speciesCambodia: 2 speciesThailand: 4 speciesLaos: 3 speciesMyanmar: 3 speciesVietnam: 4 speciesSouth Korea: 4 speciesMongolia: 3 speciesIndia: 6 speciesBangladesh: 3 speciesBhutan: 3 speciesNepal: 4 speciesPakistan: 3 speciesAfghanistan: 3 speciesTajikistan: 2 speciesKyrgyzstan: 2 speciesIran: 6 speciesSyria: 3 speciesArmenia: 2 speciesSweden: 6 speciesBelarus: 2 speciesUkraine: 3 speciesPoland: 3 speciesAustria: 6 speciesHungary: 2 speciesMoldova: 2 speciesRomania: 2 speciesLithuania: 2 speciesLatvia: 2 speciesEstonia: 4 speciesGermany: 9 speciesBulgaria: 2 speciesGreece: 2 speciesTurkey: 3 speciesAlbania: 2 speciesCroatia: 2 speciesSwitzerland: 3 speciesLuxembourg: 3 speciesBelgium: 4 speciesNetherlands: 7 speciesPortugal: 2 speciesSpain: 5 speciesIreland: 2 speciesNew Caledonia: 1 speciesSolomon Is.: 1 speciesNew Zealand: 1 speciesAustralia: 3 speciesSri Lanka: 3 speciesChina: 7 speciesTaiwan: 1 speciesItaly: 3 speciesDenmark: 8 speciesUnited Kingdom: 6 speciesIceland: 2 speciesAzerbaijan: 2 speciesGeorgia: 2 speciesPhilippines: 1 speciesMalaysia: 3 speciesSlovenia: 3 speciesFinland: 3 speciesSlovakia: 2 speciesCzechia: 6 speciesEritrea: 1 speciesJapan: 8 speciesParaguay: 2 speciesYemen: 2 speciesSaudi Arabia: 2 speciesCyprus: 2 speciesMorocco: 5 speciesEgypt: 4 speciesLibya: 3 speciesEthiopia: 4 speciesDjibouti: 2 speciesUganda: 4 speciesRwanda: 3 speciesBosnia and Herz.: 2 speciesMacedonia: 2 speciesSerbia: 2 speciesMontenegro: 2 speciesTrinidad and Tobago: 1 speciesS. Sudan: 3 species
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. Germany9
  2. United States9
  3. Denmark8
  4. Japan8
  5. Namibia7
  6. Netherlands7
  7. France7
  8. China7
  9. South Africa6
  10. United Kingdom6
  11. India6
  12. Sweden6
  13. Canada6
  14. Iran6
  15. Austria6
  16. Czechia6
  17. Russia6
  18. Kenya5
  19. Malawi5
  20. Brazil5

All species in Carnivora

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Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Red foxVulpes vulpesCanidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded91
Grey wolfCanis lupusCanidaeLeast ConcernNot recorded168
LionPanthera leoFelidaeVulnerable157 kg63
JaguarPanthera oncaFelidaeNear ThreatenedNot recorded30
TigerPanthera tigrisFelidaeEndangered150 kg35
LeopardPanthera pardusFelidaeVulnerableNot recorded79
Polar bearUrsus maritimusUrsidaeVulnerable450 kg12
CheetahAcinonyx jubatusFelidaeVulnerable37.6 kg39
Giant pandaAiluropoda melanoleucaUrsidaeVulnerable117.5 kg4