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In practical relationships, carnivorous animals are one of the most important groups of mammals. Among them, there are a great number of fur-bearing species, some of the most valuable (sea otter, sable), pests of livestock and hunting enterprises (wolf, raccoon dog, yellow-throated marten), destroyers and regulators of harmful animals (mainly rodent – foxes, some martens, viverrids and others), valuable sport-hunting animals (large species of cats, bears), vectors of some domestic animal and human diseases (rabies), animals giving raw material for perfumes (musk), etc. (p. 62) (it) |