11. Bears are overwhelmingly solitary and are considered to be the most asocial of all the Carnivora . 12. One author proposed that they should be placed outside the order Carnivora based on cranial morphology. 13. In the order Carnivora there are two dietary categories of durophagy, bonecrackers and bamboo eaters. 14. :Surprisingly, the closest surviving relatives of the Carnivora are ( probably ) the Pangolins. 15. :For the first part, Carnivora are placental carnivores, and the Dasyuromorphia are marsupials. 16. Members of Carnivora have a characteristic skull shape with relatively large brains encased in a heavy skull. 17. Carnivoramorpha consists of both Miacoidea and Carnivora , but excludes the order Creodonta that existed alongside Carnivoramorpha. 18. Since Dasyuromorphia are carnivores, why there are ranked as separate order and not suborder of Carnivora ? 19. Being carnivorous does not put one, taxonomically, in the order " Carnivora ". 20. The word " carnivore " sometimes refers to the mammalian order Carnivora , but this is somewhat misleading.
