Carnivores are animals that derive their energy and nutrient requirements from a diet consisting mainly or exclusively of animal tissue, whether through predation or scavenging. They are also called meat-eating animals and are from the order Carnivora. Some examples of carnivores include:

• Aquatic Carnivores: alligator, crocodile, dolphin, great white shark, orca whale, otter, salmon, sardine, seal, squid, tuna, walrus.

• Land Carnivores: polar bear, raccoon, red fox, skunk, weasel, wolf, wolverine.

• Bird-eating Carnivores: avivores.

• Insect-eating Carnivores: insectivores.

• Mollusk-eating Carnivores: molluscivores.

• Fish-eating Carnivores: piscivores.

Humans also eat some animals that are carnivores, such as tuna, shark, cod, halibut, salmon, mackerel, bass, alligator, and snake.