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- proper noun A taxonomic
order within thesuperorder Laurasiatheria — thecarnivores .
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Examples
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The fox belongs to the great order of flesh-eating animals called Carnivora, and of the family called
Winter Sunshine John Burroughs 1879
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A previous study had noted that the skull variation in dogs was bigger than the variation in the family Canidae, but the incredible result of Drake’s study was that the variation in shape of dog skulls was bigger than the variation in shape across the entire order Carnivora, which is 60 million years old and includes even mostly-aquatic forms.
"Intraspecific macroevolution" within domestic dog breeds - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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The talk was by Abby Drake, then a grad student, and reported on a huge digital morphometric comparison of the skulls of dogs and many representatives from the order Carnivora dogs, cats, bears, sea lions, etc.
"Intraspecific macroevolution" within domestic dog breeds - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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The talk was by Abby Drake, then a grad student, and reported on a huge digital morphometric comparison of the skulls of dogs and many representatives from the order Carnivora dogs, cats, bears, sea lions, etc.
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The amount of shape variation among domestic dogs far exceeds that in wild species, and it is comparable to the disparity throughout the Carnivora.
"Intraspecific macroevolution" within domestic dog breeds - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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The greatest shape distances between dog breeds clearly surpass the maximum divergence between species in the Carnivora.
"Intraspecific macroevolution" within domestic dog breeds - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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These patterns of variation are also found for the wolf and across the Carnivora, suggesting that they existed before the domestication of dogs and are not a result of selective breeding.
"Intraspecific macroevolution" within domestic dog breeds - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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The variations in morphology among dogs are obvious, but that they exceed by proper measures those of the rest of the Carnivora comes as a surprise.
"Intraspecific macroevolution" within domestic dog breeds - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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The variations in morphology among dogs are obvious, but that they exceed by proper measures those of the rest of the Carnivora comes as a surprise.
"Intraspecific macroevolution" within domestic dog breeds - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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The talk was by Abby Drake, then a grad student, and reported on a huge digital morphometric comparison of the skulls of dogs and many representatives from the order Carnivora dogs, cats, bears, sea lions, etc.
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