目名，目下有12個科，包含約270個物種，是哺乳動物中種類最多元的目，過去一百多年來，其主要種類的分類法始終未能固定。肉食動物的共通點在於擁有適合捕食其他動物的牙齒與爪子，有些以肉類為主食，或是專食肉類，其他則是雜食性。其成員通常是以肉類為食的獵食者或食腐哺乳類動物，例如：狗、貓、狼、狐狸、熊與海豹。由於此目具有極大的分類多元性，因此主要是以身體結構特徵來區分食肉目與其他哺乳類動物目，並再進一步細分食肉目物種，尤其是某些頭骨的特徵（例如：頷骨的關節）、足部特徵（腳趾的數目、缺乏可相對的後趾、腳爪的樣式、某些骨頭的融合）以及牙齒的特徵（包括整體齒列以及個別牙齒的形狀）。在較廣泛的意義上而言，專門只吃肉的動物稱為「肉食動物（一般意義）」。

食肉目(目)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
shih jou mu (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
shí ròu mù (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
shi rou mu (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
Carnivora(order)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,L,N)
Carnivora(order)　(P,,U,拉丁語-偏好,D,U,N)
carnivores(order)　(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,N)
carnivore(order)　(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,N)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....代理者層面
........活體有機體
............真核生物 (域)
................動物界 (界)
....................脊索動物門 (門)
........................脊椎動物亞門 (亞門)
............................哺乳綱 (綱)
................................食肉目 (目)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....代理者層面
........活體有機體
............真核生物 (域)
................動物界 (界)
....................脊索動物門 (門)
........................脊椎動物亞門 (亞門)
............................哺乳綱 (綱)
................................有胎盤亞綱 (亞綱)
....................................食肉目 (目)

distinguished from....

肉食動物(一般意義)

英文....

Order containing around 270 species in 12 families, being the most diverse of any mammalian order; the taxonomy of the major categories has been in a state of flux for more than a century. Carnivores have in common that they possess teeth and claws adapted for catching and eating other animals. Some eat primarily or exclusively meat, while others are omnivores. Members are typically hunter and scavenger meat-eating mammals such as dogs, cats, wolves, foxes, bears, and seals. Given that the order includes such great taxonomic diversity, the characteristics used to separate Carnivora from other mammalian orders and to define the subdivisions of Carnivora are primarily structural, notably certain features of the skull (such as jaw articulation), feet (number of toes, lack of opposability of the hind toe, type of claws, and fusion of certain bones), and teeth (both the overall tooth pattern and the shape of individual teeth). For exclusively meat-eating animals in a more general sense, use "carnivores (general sense)."

食肉目(目)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 January 3, 2013
.................	智慧藏百科全書網 January 3, 2013
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 January 3, 2013
.................	脊椎動物學（上） 121
Carnivora(order)............	[VP]
.................	Thesaurus of Park, Recreation, and Leisure Service Terms (1990)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
.................	Animal Diversity Web (1995-) accessed 19 August 2008accessed 15 December 2004
.................	Natural History Museum, London (2000-) accessed 19 August 2008
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 19 August 2008
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "annotated classification," accessed 19 August 2008
carnivores(order)............	[VP]
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) flesh-eating animals. esp. members of mammalian order Carnivora; carnivores
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 19 August 2008
carnivore(order)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
Subject:............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001) "Carnivora," accessed 15 May 2006

Getty AAT: 300310328 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300310328
聯合目錄： 食肉目 、shih jou mu 、shí ròu mù 、shi rou mu 、Carnivora 、carnivores 、carnivore 、Carnivora