mesocarnivore
English
Etymology
From meso- + carnivore.
Noun
mesocarnivore (plural mesocarnivores)
- Any animal whose diet consists of 30–70% meat.
- 2013 December 11, Jonathan Scott, Nature's Greatest Hits: The Natural History and Biodiversity of Fort Worth, Texas, →ISBN, page 78:
- 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.
- 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::
- 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).
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin 2019, p. 285:
- In any case, the golden jackal is an important new meso-carnivore in Europe and it is here to stay.
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Related terms
- mesocarnivorous
- mesocarnivory