Mammals (CLASS OF ANIMALS) Quick Reference
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Mammals have hair (some time during their lifespans). |
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Mammals have 3 middle-ear bones (stirrup, anvil, hammer). |
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Mammal mothers feed milk from their bodies to their infants. |
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Birds and mammals are warm-blooded. |
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PHYLUM: Chordates: Animals with backbones SUBPHYLUM: Vertebrates: Animals with segmented backbones |
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| Mammals 24 Orders (This is under scrutiny and debate) |
Phylum
and Subphylum |
Class | Orders Suborders and Families |
Examples | Diet | Live Birth
or Lay Eggs |
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Carnivores Retractable claws- Felines
Long snouts and non-retractable claws - Canines
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Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 2 SUBORDERS Felines Canines |
Felines Cats (pets) Mongooses Hyenas Canines --------- Dogs (pets) Wild Dogs Bears Raccoons Mustelids |
Carnivores (Flesh eaters)
Some carnivores eat plants as well. Examples are raccoons and bears. |
Live birth (placental) |
| Primates
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Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 2 SUBORDERS Prosimians (longer snouts) Anthropoids
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Prosimians
Lemurs Lorises Aye-Ayes
Tarsiers Anthropoids Marmosets Monkeys Gibbons Gorillas Orangutans Chimpanzees Baboons Apes Humans |
Herbivores,
Carnivores and Omnivores (depending on species) |
Live birth (placental) |
| Ungulates Hoofed Mammals Order of Even-Toed Mammals Order of Odd-Toed Mammmals |
Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia |
2 Orders Even-toed hoofed mammals
Odd-toed hoofed mammals
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EvenToed Deer Sheep Antelopes Cattle Giraffes Peccaries Hippos Camels Goats Llamas Odd Toed Horses Rhinos Tapirs |
Herbivores (plant-eaters) |
Live birth (placental) |
| Whales and Porpoises | Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 2 SUBORDERS Baleen Whales Toothed Whales |
Baleen
Gray whales Right whales Fin-backed whales Humpbacked whales Toothed Dolphins, Orcas Narwhals Belugas Sperm whales |
Carnivores | Live birth (Placental) |
| Lagomorphs
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Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 2 families | Rabbits Hares Pikas |
Mainly
Herbivores |
Live birth (Placental) |
| Insectivores
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Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 3 families | Hedgehogs Moles Shrews |
Carnivores/ Insectivores Insect eaters |
Live birth (Placental) |
| Bats (Winged Mammals) | Chordata and Vertebrata | 2 SUBORDERS Small bats Large bats |
Small bats
Large bats |
Carnivores/ Insectivores - Small bats species eat insects and small animals. Herbivores -Large bats species eat nectar and fruits. |
Live birth (Placental) | |
| Marsupials (Pouched Mammals) | Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 9 Families | Kangaroos Opossums Koalas Bandicoots Wombats Wallabies |
Herbivores - Most species eat leaves, fruit, roots, seeds,
fungi. Omnivores - Some species also eat insects. |
Live birth (pouches) |
| Monotremes (Egg-laying Mammals) | Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 2 families | Echidnas Platypuses |
Carnivores | Egg-laying |
| Edentatae (Toothless mammals) | Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 3 families | Armadillos Sloths Hairy anteaters | Sloths- Herbivores Anteaters - Insectivores Armadillos - Omnivores |
Live birth (Placental) |
| Rodents (gnawing mammals) | Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 3 Suborders
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Beavers Chipmunks Squirrels Marmots Mice Gerbils Hamsters Lemmings Muskrats Rats Gophers jerboas |
Carnivores | Live birth (Placental) |
| Serenia Dugongs and Manatees |
Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 2 families | Dugongs | Dugongs - Herbivores (sea grass) Manatees -Herbivores |
Live birth (Placental) |
| Aardvarks | Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 1 family / |
ORYCTEROPUS
AFER Aardvark |
Omnivores (Ants, termites, wild cucumber) | Live birth (placental) |
| Elephants | Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 2 families | African Elephant Asian Elephant |
Herbivores | Live birth (placental) |
| Pangolins | Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 1 family/ 7species | Giant Pangolin | Insectivores (ants and termites) | Live births (placental) |
| Pinnipeds (Finned mammals) Seals Walruses |
Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 3 families Eared seals & Sea lions Walruses Earless seals
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California Sea Lion Walrus Elephant Seal Weddell Seal |
Carnivores (Flesh eaters)
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Live birth (placental) |
| Hyracoidea Hyraxes and Dassies |
Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 1 family/ only 9 species | Procaviidae
African Rock Hyrax |
Herbivores | Live birth (placental) |
| Dermoptera (Gliding tree mammals)
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Chordata and Vertebrata | Mammalia | 1 family | Colugos - Tree mammals from Asia | Herbivores | Live birth (placental) |
Source: "Mammals."Animal Diversity Web. Accessed January 13, 2007. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
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