mesocarnivore
Sign in to savethumb|300px|right|A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) has caught a rodent—an example of a mesocarnivore
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It is catalogued under the topic Carnivory.
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Evolution
- Characteristics
- Behaviour and activity
- Feeding behaviours
- Dentition
- Taxonomy
- Example species
- Coyote (''Canis latrans'')
- River otter (''Lontra canadensis'')
- Raccoon (''Procyon lotor'')
- Mongoose (Herpestidae)
- Red fox (''Vulpes vulpes'')
- Striped skunk (''Mephitis mephitis'')
- Marten (''Martes'' spp.)
- See also
- References
thumb|300px|right|A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) has caught a rodent—an example of a mesocarnivore
A mesocarnivore is an animal whose diet consists of 30–70% meat with the balance consisting of non-vertebrate foods which may include insects, fungi, fruits, other plant material and any food that is available to them. Mesocarnivores are from a large family group of mammalian carnivores and vary from small to medium sized, which are often less than fifteen kilograms, the human is a notable exception. Mesocarnivores are seen today among the Canidae (coyotes, foxes), Viverridae (civets), Mustelidae (martens, tayra), Procyonidae (ringtail, raccoon), Mephitidae (skunks), and Herpestidae (some mongooses). The red fox is also the most common of the mesocarnivores in Europe and has a high population density in the areas they reside.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “mesocarnivore” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.