Editing Carnivore (section)

===Subcategories of carnivory===
Carnivores are sometimes characterized by their [[List of feeding behaviours#By food type|type of prey]]. For example, animals that eat mainly [[insect]]s and similar [[terrestrial animal|terrestrial]] [[arthropod]]s are called ''[[insectivore]]s'', while those that eat mainly [[soft-bodied organism|soft-bodied]] [[invertebrate]]s are called ''[[vermivore]]s''. Those that eat mainly [[fish]] are called ''[[piscivore]]s''.

Carnivores may alternatively be classified according to the percentage of meat in their diet. The diet of a [[hypercarnivore]] consists of more than 70% meat, that of a [[mesocarnivore]] 30–70%, and that of a [[hypocarnivore]] less than 30%, with the balance consisting of non-animal foods, such as [[fruit]], other plant material, or [[fungi]].

[[Omnivore]]s also consume both animal and non-animal food, and apart from their more general definition, there is no clearly defined ratio of plant vs. animal material that distinguishes a ''facultative carnivore'' from an ''omnivore''.<ref name=Ullrey-M-O/>