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Predator: an organism that lives by capturing other organisms for food

Mammals (11)

Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores

Didelphidae (Family) Gray, 1821 - American opossums

Felidae (Family) (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gray, 1821 - cats

Galictis cuja (Molina, 1782) - lesser grison

Homo sapiens C. Linnaeus, 1758 - human

Leopardus colocolo (J. Molina, 1782) - colocolo

Leopardus geoffroyi (d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1844) - Geoffroy's cat

Leopardus guigna (Molina, 1782) - kodkod

Leopardus pajeros (Desmarest, 1816) - pampas cat

Lyncodon patagonicus (de Blainville, 1842) - Patagonian weasel

Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) - platypus

Birds (1)

Podargidae (Family) Gray, 1840 - frogmouths

Reptiles (8)

Bachia oxyrhina M.T. Rodrigues et al., 2008

Bothrochilus boa (Schlegel, 1837)

Dakosaurus andiniensis Gasparini & Pol, 2005

Mapusaurus roseae R.A. Coria & P.J. Currie, 2006

Mosasauridae (Family) Gervais, 1853 - mosasaurs

Nichollsia borealis 2008

Plesiosauria (Order) de Blainville, 1835 - plesiosaurs

Velociraptor (Genus) Osborn, 1924

Fishes (6)

Channa argus (Cantor, 1842) - northern snakehead

Merlangius merlangus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - English whiting

Onychodontida (Order)

Pleuronectes platessa C. Linnaeus, 1758 - plaice

Rhizodontida (Order) Andrews & Westoll, 1970 - rhizodontids

Tiktaalik roseae E.B. Daeschler et al., 2006

Insects (26)

Abax parallelepipedus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)

Alapsodus compressus

Anisolabis howarthi Brindle, 1979 - Howarth earwig

Atelothrus aaae

Atelothrus howarthi

Chrysopidae (Family) Schneider, 1851 - green lacewings

Coccinellidae (Family) Latreille, 1807 - ladybird beetles

Eupithecia staurophragma

Formica rufa C. Linnaeus, 1758

Franklinothrips (Genus) Back, 1912

Hadrocarabus problematicus

Hyposmocoma molluscivora Rubinoff & Haines, 2005

Lampyris noctiluca

Lasius emarginatus (Olivier, 1792)

Leptothorax (Genus) Mayr, 1855

Megodonthus purpuraescens

Myrmica rubra (C. Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmica ruginodis Nylander, 1846

Nesidiolestes ana - lava tube thread-legged bug

Neuroptera (Order) C. Linnaeus, 1758 - lacewings

Notiophilus biguttatus (Fabricius, 1779)

Philonthus cognatus

Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798)

Pseudocypus aethiops

Sauridus picipes

Tachys (Genus) Ziegler ex Melsheimer, 1806

Crustaceans (3)

Decapoda (Order) Latreille, 1802 - decapods

Ocypode ceratophthalmus

Stomatopoda (Order) Latreille, 1817 - mantis shrimps

Spiders (28)

Adelocosa anops Gertsch, 1973 - no-eyed big-eyed hunting spider

Agroeca inopina O.P. Cambridge, 1886

Alopecosa pulverulenta (Clerck, 1757)

Atypus affinis Eichwald, 1830

Centromerus sylvaticus

Clubiona terrestris Westring, 1851

Dysdera erythrina (Walckenaer, 1802)

Enoplognatha thoracica

Haplodrassus silvestris (Blackwall, 1833)

Harpactea (Genus) Bristowe, 1939

Lepthyphantes flavipes

Lepthyphantes minutus

Lycosa howarthi Gertsch, 1973 - small-eyed big-eyed hunting spider

Misumena vatia (C. Clerck, 1757)

Misumenoides (Genus) F.O. P.-Cambridge, 1900

Misumenops (Genus) F.O. P.-Cambridge, 1900

Oxyptila praticola (C.L. Koch, 1837)

Pardosa lugubris (Walckenaer, 1802)

Salticidae (Family) Blackwall, 1841 - jumping spiders

Tegenaria duellica Simon, 1875

Theridiidae (Family) Sundevall, 1833 - cobweb and widow spiders

Theridion (Genus) Walckenaer, 1805

Thomisidae (Family) Sundevall, 1833 - crab spiders

Trochosa terricola Thorell, 1856

Walckenaeria corriculans

Xysticus luctator

Xysticus luctuosus

Zelotes (Genus) Gistel, 1848

Arthropods (21)

Anelasmocephalus cambridgei

Araneae (Order) Clerck, 1757 - spiders

Chaetechelyne vesuviana

Chilopoda (Class) Latreille, 1817 - centipedes

Cryptops hortensis

Haplophilus subterraneus

Lamyctes fulvicornis

Lithobius (Genus) Leach, 1814

Lithobius agilis

Lithobius jeanneli

Lithobius tricuspis

Lithobius variegatus

Nemastoma bimaculatum

Nemastoma lugubre

Neobisium muscorum (Leach)

Odiellus spinosus

Opiliones (Order) Sundevall, 1833 - harvestmen

Rilaena triangularis

Schendyla nemorensis

Tachypleus tridentatus (Leach, 1819)

Trogulus (Genus) Latreille, 1802

Molluscs (14)

Architeuthis (Genus) Steenstrup, 1857 - giant squid

Buccinum undatum C. Linnaeus, 1758 - waved whelk

Chelidonura (Genus) A. Adams, 1850

Cirroteuthis muelleri Eschricht, 1836

Conidae (Family) Fleming, 1822 - cone snails

Euprymna berryi Sasaki, 1929 - double-ear bobtail

Gastropoda (Class) Cuvier, 1795 - snails and slugs

Hyalinia (Genus) Agassiz, 1837

Natica (Genus) Scopoli, 1777

Ovulidae (Family) J. Fleming, 1822 - egg snails

Philine orientalis

Polinices (Genus) Montfort, 1810

Selenochlamys ysbryda B. Rowson & W.O.C. Symondson, 2008 - ghost slug

Teuthida (Order) Naef, 1916b

Annelids (5)

Euhirudinea (Subclass) Lukin, 1956 - true leeches

Glycera (Genus) Savigny, 1818

Motobdella (Genus) F.R. Govedich et al., 1998

Perinereis cultrifera (Grube)

Polychaeta (Class) Grube, 1850 - polychaetes

Invertebrates (10)

Astropecten (Genus) Schultze, 1760

Beroe cucumis Fabricius, 1780

Cladorhiza corona H. Lehnert et al., 2005

Mollusca (Phylum) Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs

Nemertea (Phylum) Schultze, 1851 - ribbon worms

Platyhelminthes (Phylum) Gegenbaur, 1859 - flatworms

Polycladida (Order) Lang, 1884

Pycnogonida (Class) Latreille, 1810 - pycnogonids

Scyphozoa (Class) - jellyfish

Tricladida (Suborder)

Fungi (1)

Dactylella pseudoclavata Z.-Q. Miao et al., 2003

Protozoa (3)

Amoeba proteus (Pallas, 1766) Leidy, 1878

Ciliophora (Phylum) (Doflein, 1901) Copeland, 1956 - ciliates

Tubulinea (Class) Smirnov et al., 2005

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