Over 70% of mammal species are in the orders Rodentia, Chiroptera, and Eulipotyphla.
Rodentia (40.5%)
Chiroptera (22.2%)
Eulipotyphla (8.8%)
Primates (7.8%)
Artiodactyla (5.4%)
Carnivora (4.7%)
Diprotodontia (2.3%)
Didelphimorphia (1.9%)
Lagomorpha (1.7%)
Dasyuromorphia (1.3%)
Afrosoricida (0.8%)
Cingulata (0.3%)
Macroscelidea (0.3%)
Peramelemorphia (0.3%)
Perissodactyla (0.3%)
Pilosa (0.3%)
Scandentia (0.3%)
Paucituberculata (0.1%)
Pholidota (0.1%)
Hyracoidea (0.09%)
Monotremata (0.08%)
Sirenia (0.06%)
Proboscidea (0.05%)
Dermoptera (0.03%)
Microbiotheria (0.03%)
Notoryctemorphia (0.03%)
Tubulidentata (0.02%)
The class Mammalia (mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: monotremes, which lay eggs, and therians, mammals which give live birth, which has two infraclasses: marsupials/metatherians and placentals/eutherians. See List of monotremes and marsupials, and for the clades and families, see Mammal classification. Classification updated from the VertLife website.
Magnorder Atlantogenata
Superorder Afrotheria
Grandorder Afroinsectiphilia
Order Tubulidentata (aardvarks)
- Family Orycteropodidae
- Genus Orycteropus
- Aardvark, Orycteropus afer
- Genus Orycteropus
Mirorder Afroinsectivora
Order Macroscelidea (elephant shrews)
Order Afrosoricida (tenrecs, golden moles and otter shrews)
Grandorder Paenungulata
Order Hyracoidea (hyraxes)
- Family Procaviidae
- Genus Dendrohyrax
- Southern tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax arboreus
- Western tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax dorsalis
- Genus Heterohyrax
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax, Heterohyrax brucei
- Genus Procavia
- Cape hyrax, Procavia capensis
- Genus Dendrohyrax
Mirorder Tethytheria
Order Proboscidea (elephants)
- Family Elephantidae
- Family Dugongidae
- Genus Dugong
- Dugong, Dugong dugon
- Genus Hydrodamalis
- †Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas
- Genus Dugong
- Family Trichechidae
- Genus Trichechus (manatees)
- West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus
- African manatee, Trichechus senegalensis
- Amazonian manatee, Trichechus inunguis
- Dwarf manatee, Trichecus pygmaeus – validity questionable
- Genus Trichechus (manatees)
Superorder Xenarthra
Order Cingulata (armadillos)
Magnorder Boreoeutheria
Superorder Euarchontoglires
Grandorder Euarchonta
Order Scandentia (treeshrews)
Mirorder Primatomorpha
Order Dermoptera (colugos)
- Family Cynocephalidae
- Genus Cynocephalus
- Philippine flying lemur, Cynocephalus volans
- Genus Galeopterus
- Sunda flying lemur, Galeopterus variegatus
- Genus Cynocephalus
Order Primates
Grandorder Glires
Order Lagomorpha (hares, rabbits, and pikas)
Superorder Laurasiatheria
Order Eulipotyphla (hedgehogs, moles, shrews, etc.)
Order Chiroptera (bats)
Grandorder Ferungulata
Mirorder Ferae
Order Carnivora
Mirorder Euungulata
Order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)
Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
See also
- Mammal classification
- List of prehistoric mammals
- List of recently extinct mammals
- List of monotremes and marsupials
References
- Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1–2, 22–70. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 3–21. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.