Editing Carnivore (section)

===Mammal order===
The technical term for mammals in the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Carnivora]] is ''carnivoran'', and they are so-named because most member species in the group have a carnivorous diet, but the similarity of the name of the order and the name of the diet causes confusion.

Many but not all carnivorans are meat eaters; a few, such as the [[felidae|large and small cats]] ([[Felidae]]) are ''obligate'' carnivores (see below). Other classes of carnivore are highly variable. The [[Ursidae|ursid]]s (bears), for example: while the Arctic [[polar bear]] eats meat almost exclusively (more than 90% of its diet is meat), almost all other bear species are [[omnivore|omnivorous]], and one species, the [[giant panda]], is nearly exclusively [[herbivore|herbivorous]].<ref name=WWF-pandas/>

Dietary carnivory is not a distinguishing trait of the [[order (biology)|order]]. Many mammals with highly carnivorous diets are ''not'' members of the order Carnivora. [[Cetacean]]s, for example, all eat other animals, but are paradoxically members of the almost exclusively [[herbivorous|plant-eating]] [[ungulate|hooved mammals]].