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mesocarnivore

mesocarnivore noun: any animal whose diet consists of 30–70% meat.

Noun

mesocarnivore (plural mesocarnivores)

  1. Any animal whose diet consists of 30–70% meat.
    • Mesocarnivores will be defined as medium to large mammals that incorporate meat into 30-70% of their diet. These animals occur at low population densities, and inhabit a large area.2013 December 11, Jonathan Scott, Nature's Greatest Hits: The Natural History and Biodiversity of Fort Worth, Texas, →ISBN, page 78
    • The importance of major rivers as barriers to gene flow in mesocarnivores has been identified in previous studies on other species (e.g. badger, Meles meles; wildcat, Felis silvestris).2015 July 30, “Inferring Population Genetic Structure in Widely and Continuously Distributed Carnivores: The Stone Marten ( Martes foina ) as a Case Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of mesocarnivore

pluralmesocarnivores

Origin of mesocarnivore

From meso- + carnivore.

Questions about mesocarnivore

What does mesocarnivore mean?
Mesocarnivore means any animal whose diet consists of 30–70% meat.
What part of speech is mesocarnivore?
Mesocarnivore is a noun.
What is the plural of mesocarnivore?
The plural of mesocarnivore is mesocarnivores.

Words near mesocarnivore in the dictionary

  1. mesocaecum
  2. mesocarb
  3. mesocardiac
  4. mesocardial
  5. mesocardium
  6. mesocarnivore
  7. mesocarnivores
  8. mesocarnivorous
  9. mesocarnivory
  10. mesocarp
  11. mesocarpal

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