viverrine mammal vs carnivore

viverrine mammal and carnivore both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
viverrine mammal	Yes	No	No	No
carnivore	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, carnivore is a hypernym of viverrine mammal; that is, carnivore is a word with a broader meaning than viverrine mammal:

viverrine mammal: small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World
carnivore: a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal

viverrine mammal (noun)	carnivore (noun)
small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World	a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
	any animal that feeds on flesh