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[[Image:Carnodon.jpg|thumb|right|200px250px|A Carnodon.{{Fn|4}}]][[Image:Sanguinius_and_Ka'Bandha.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Sanguinius]] in the air over [[Signus Prime]]; the Carnodon pelt is visible draped over his shoulders.{{Fn|5}}]]
A '''Carnodon''', a member of the felid genus, is a large species of cat from the planet of [[Gudrun]] in the [[Helican Subsector]]{{Fn|2a}}. It is described as being between 800 and 900 kilograms when mature and 5 to 6 metres in length,{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|2b}} with a striped pelt and large sawing tusks.{{Fn|2}} It closely resembles the [[Wikipedia:Snow Leopard|snow leopard]] of old [[Terra]], except it is much larger, and more ferocious.{{Fn|5}}
*[[Sanguinius]], the [[Primarch]] of the [[Blood Angels]] [[Space Marine Legion]], wore a carnodon-skin mantle over his [[Power Armour]].{{Fn|3}} He killed it during his first campaign with his [[Legion]] after meeting with his "father," the [[Emperor of Mankind]].{{Fn|5}}
*A carnodon was imported by the [[Black Templars]] to test a batch of [[Aspirant]]s, which was killed by the warrior [[Raclaw]].{{Fn|4}}
== Images ==
[[Image:Sanguinius_and_Ka'Bandha.jpg|thumb|250px|center|[[Sanguinius]] in the air over [[Signus Prime]]; the Carnodon pelt is visible draped over his shoulders.{{Fn|5}}]]
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