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The following is a detailed classification table of mammals, including all orders, families, genera and typical animals:

sortOrderFamilyGenusExamples
MonotremataMonotremataOrnithorhynchidaeOrnithorhynchusPlatypus, Echidna


TachyglossidaeEchidnaEchidna
MarsupialiaMarsupialiaMacropodidaeMacropusKangaroos, wombats, possums


PhascolarctidaePhascolarctoskoala


DasyuridaeDasyurusBandicoot, Tasmanian devil
EutheriaCarnivoraCanidaeCanisWolf, dog, fox


FelidaeFelisHouse cat, lion, tiger


UrsidaeUrsusBlack bear, brown bear, polar bear

PerissodactylaEquidaeEquusHorse, donkey, zebra


RhinocerotidaeRhinocerosWhite rhino, black rhino


TapiridaeTapirusTapirus

ArtiodactylaBovidaeBosCattle, antelopes, sheep


CervidaeCervusDeer, reindeer, sika deer


SuidaeSusWild boar, domestic pig

CetaceaBalaenidaeMegapteraHumpback whale, blue whale


DelphinidaeDelphinusDolphins, killer whales

PrimatesCercopithecidaePongoOrangutans, gibbons, monkeys


HominidaeHomoHumans, chimpanzees, orangutans

RodentiaSciuridaeSciurusSquirrels, Ground Squirrels


CastoridaeCastorbeaver


MuridaeMusHouse mouse, vole

ChiropteraVespertilionidaeMyotisSmall bat, big bat

LagomorphaLeporidaeOryctolagusRabbit, hare
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Hipposideros cineraceusLC

Hipposideros cineraceus

Hipposideros cineraceus

Chiroptera

The grey horseshoe bat is a cave bat. About 50 species were found in the air raid shelter of Zhidong Village, Mingjiang Town, Chon···

Hipposideros armigerLC

Hipposideros armiger

Great Himalayan Leaf-nosed Bat,Hipposideros armiger

Chiroptera

The big horseshoe bat is very large, with forearms up to nearly 100 mm, ears are also large, triangular, hair is long and dense, b···

LesserbrownhorseshoebatLC

Lesserbrownhorseshoebat

Lesserbrownhorseshoebat,Rhinolophussineno

Chiroptera

The new distribution record of this species was reported in China in 2005. Alice C. Hughes et al. recorded its capture in the ecol···

Chinese Horseshoe BatLC

Chinese Horseshoe Bat

Chinese Horseshoe Bat, Chinese Rufous Horseshoe Bat

Chiroptera

The Chinese Rhinolophus rouxii sinicus was previously classified as a subspecies of Rhinolophus rouxii sinicus (Chinese name for R···

Schnitler’s Horseshoe BatLC

Schnitler’s Horseshoe Bat

Chiroptera

The species is found in a rocky cave surrounded by agricultural land, 200m from the nearest village. Rhinolophus macroetalis, Rhin···

Rhinolophus rexLC

Rhinolophus rex

Rhinolophus rex

Chiroptera

A female bat, Rhinolophus rex, was caught 100m away from the entrance of Kunebian Cave on Kunebian Mountain in Shijiaba Town, Xing···

Rhinolophus blythiLC

Rhinolophus blythi

Rhinolophus blythi

Chiroptera

R. blythi andersen: Least horseshoe bat is the smaller of the horseshoe bats. It lives in caves, tunnels, or near settlements in l···

Rhinolophus pearsoniiLC

Rhinolophus pearsonii

Rhinolophus pearsonii

Chiroptera

Rhinolophus pearsonii (Rhinolophus pearsonii) is a member of the Rhinolophidae, genus Rhinolophus. The body size is medium, from t···

Rhinolophus marshalliLC

Rhinolophus marshalli

Lesser Brown Rhinolophus

Chiroptera

Rhinolophus maculata is a small cave bat. It has been seen living in the same cave with Rhinolophus sinicus, Rhinolophus pusillus,···

Big-eared Horseshoe BatLC

Big-eared Horseshoe Bat

Big-eared Horseshoe Bat

Chiroptera

Rhinolophus macroetalis is a bat of the genus Rhinolophidae. It lives in small numbers in caves and commutes with other bats, gene···

Rhinolophus luctusLC

Rhinolophus luctus

Rhinolophus luctus;woolly horseshoe bat

Chiroptera

The Great Rhinolophus lives in caves, often sharing a cave with other species of Rhinolophus and Hoofed Bats, but always hangs alo···

Rhinolophus huananusLC

Rhinolophus huananus

Rhinolophus chinensis

Chiroptera

The number of South China Rhinolophus is relatively rare, and it is a cave-type bat. It can be seen living in the same cave with C···

Greater Horseshoe BatLC

Greater Horseshoe Bat

Greater Horseshoe Bat

Chiroptera

There are species of mouse-eared bat and Oriental bat in the roost cave. During the day and night, sleep between stone cracks or w···

porpoiseLC

porpoise

Cetacea10-20years

The porpoise (Phocoena phocoena in Latin), also known as porpoise, is the most common toothed whale in the North and Baltic Seas.P···

Sotalia fluviatilisLC

Sotalia fluviatilis

South American long-beaked dolphin, Amazon River white-sided dolphin

CetaceaNo verification information

Tucuxi dolphin (scientific name: Sotalia fluviatilis) is also known as tucuxi in English. There is no subspecies.Although they may···

Heaviside's dolphinLC

Heaviside's dolphin

Cephalorhynchus heavisidii

CetaceaAbout 20 years

Haviside's dolphin (scientific name: Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) is called Haviside's dolphin in foreign language, and has···

Cephalorhynchus eutropiaLC

Cephalorhynchus eutropia

black dolphin, black dolphin, Chilean dolphin

CetaceaNo verification information

Chilean dwarf dolphin (scientific name: Cephalorhynchus eutropia) is also known as Chilean Dolphin and Black dolphin in foreign la···

Cephalorhynchus commersoniiLC

Cephalorhynchus commersonii

Black and white dolphin, panda dolphin, Connor's dwarf dolphin

Cetacea10-25years

The spotted beaked dolphin is the common name of Commerson's dolphin (scientific name: Cephalorhynchus commersonii), also know···

Cephalorhynchus hectoriLC

Cephalorhynchus hectori

Hector's dolphin, Atlantic black and white dolphin, white-headed dolphin, New Zealand dolphin, white-headed beaked dolphin, Hector's dwarf dolphin

CetaceaNo verification information

New Zealand black and white dolphins (scientific name: Cephalorhynchus hectori) are called Hector's Dolphin and Dolphin in for···

Orcaella brevirostrisLC

Orcaella brevirostris

Irrawaddy dolphin, fin dolphin

CetaceaAbout 28 years

Irrawaddy dolphin (scientific name: Orcaella brevirostris), foreign name Irrawaddy dolphin, no subspecies.Irrawaddy dolphins are s···

Globicephala melasLC

Globicephala melas

Atlantic pilot whale, black whale, pilot whale

Cetacea46-59

Long-finned pilot whale (scientific name: Globicephala melas) is also known as Atlantic pilot whale and black round-headed whale. ···

Lissodelphis peroniiLC

Lissodelphis peronii

Southern whale dolphin, beaked dolphin without dorsal fin

CetaceaAbout 40 years

The Southern Right Dolphin (scientific name: Lissodelphis peronii) is also known as the Southern Right Whale Dolphin. It has no su···

Lissodelphis borealisLC

Lissodelphis borealis

Northern whale dolphin, warm water finless beaked dolphin

CetaceaAbout 40 years

Northern right whale dolphin (scientific name: Lissodelphis borealis) is called Northern right whale dolphin in foreign language, ···

Stenella longirostrisLC

Stenella longirostris

Spinner dolphin, spinner dolphin, long-beaked spinner dolphin

Cetacea30-40years

Long-beaked dolphin (scientific name: Stenella longirostris) is also known as Spinner Dolphin in English. There are 4 subspecies.T···

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