This article deals with meat-eating animals. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has an e-mail tapping system named Carnivore

Carnivores are animals that eat a diet consisting mostly of meat.

Also, the word could refer to the mammals of the Order Carnivora, many (but not all) of which fit the first definition. Bears are an example of members of Carnivora that are not true carnivores. Here is a list below that includes animals that are unable to chew and digest plant matter.

Carnivores that eat primarily (or only) insects are called insectivores.

Animals that are true carnivores

The lion is a well known truly carnivorous member of the order Carnivora

A true carnivore is an animal that subsists primarily on a diet consisting only of meat. They may consume other products presented to them, especially animal products like cheese and bone marrow, or sweet sugary substances like honey and syrup, but do not need to consume these on a regular basis.

Domesticated carnivores are often recommended to have vegetable supplements (or such containing processed pet foods) as meats designed for human consumption may be lacking in vital nutrients.

• Cats (not only including domestic cats but also including lions, tigers, and other members of the cat family.)
• Dogs (again not only domestic dogs, which is debated whether there carnivores or omnivores, but wild dogs such as coyotes and wolves etc.)
• Hyenas
• Some skunks
• Birds of prey, including hawks, eagles, falcons, and owls.
• Frogs
• Snakes
• Crocodilians
• Sharks and many other species of fish
• Toothed whales
• Spiders
• Mantophasmatodea and other insects

There are also several species of carnivorous plants, though most are primarily insectivorous, some digest nematodes and other small invertebrates.

Many dinosaurs and other extinct animals were carnivores, for example the well known Tyrannosaurus rex and sabretooth tiger.