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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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Lagenorhynchus albirostrisLC

Lagenorhynchus albirostris

White-nosed dolphin, white-beaked dolphin, squid-hunting dolphin

CetaceaAbout 25 years

White-beaked dolphin (scientific name: Lagenorhynchus albirostris) is called white-beaked dolphin in foreign language, and has no ···

Lagenorhynchus acutusLC

Lagenorhynchus acutus

Atlantic white-sided dolphin, jumping dolphin, bouncing dolphin

Cetacea22-27years

Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (scientific name: Lagenorhynchus acutus) is also known as Atlantic White-sided Dolphin. It has no sub···

Pontoporia blainvilleiLC

Pontoporia blainvillei

La Plata River Dolphin

CetaceaNo verification information

The scientific name of the Lapu-Lapu river dolphin is Pontoporia blainvillei. It is the only freshwater dolphin that lives in the ···

Inia geoffrensisLC

Inia geoffrensis

Amazon porpoise

CetaceaNo verification information

The scientific name of the river dolphin is Inia geoffrensis. It is the largest dolphin in the world and one of the few dolphins t···

Rhinolophus mediusLC

Rhinolophus medius

Rhinolophus affinis

Chiroptera

The middle horseshoe bat is a common cave bat species. It lives in moist caves, abandoned mines, tunnels, etc. It can live in the ···

Malayan false vampire batLC

Malayan false vampire bat

Chiroptera

This species belongs to the subgenus <Megaderma>. Bergmans & Bree (1986) discussed the subspecies differentiation in Ind···

Megaderma lyraLC

Megaderma lyra

Megaderma lyra

Chiroptera

The Indian false vampire bat usually moves in groups of dozens and does not mix with other bats. It is carnivorous and feeds on in···

Rousettus leschenaultiLC

Rousettus leschenaulti

Rousettus leschenaulti、Leschenault's rousette

Chiroptera

Brown fruit bats are typical tropical bats that do not hibernate. Although they often live in the same cave with other bats, they ···

Tasmacetus shepherdiLC

Tasmacetus shepherdi

Shea's beaked whale, Tasman's whale, Tasman's beaked whale

CetaceaNo verification information

Shepherd's beaked whale, scientific name Tasmacetus shepherdi, foreign name Shepherd's Beaked Whale, is a little-known cet···

Indopacetus pacificusLC

Indopacetus pacificus

Longman's beaked whale, Pacific beaked whale, Indo-Pacific beaked whale

CetaceaNo verification information

Longman's Beaked Whale (Scientific Name: Indopacetus pacificus) is also known as Longman's Beaked Whale (English), Baleine···

Mesoplodon hotaulaLC

Mesoplodon hotaula

CetaceaNo verification information

The Sri Lankan Mesoplodon hotaula was first described in 1963 and was considered a synonym of the Ginkgotoothed Mesoplodon ginkgod···

Mesoplodon traversiiLC

Mesoplodon traversii

CetaceaNo verification information

Spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii), foreign media reported that scientists discovered the world's rarest whale for the···

Mesoplodon stejnegeriLC

Mesoplodon stejnegeri

Stein's beaked whale, North Pacific beaked whale, Saber-toothed beaked whale, Bering Sea beaked whale

CetaceaNo verification information

Stejneger's Beaked Whale, scientific name Mesoplodon stejnegeri, foreign name Stejneger's Beaked Whale, is not easy to see···

Mesoplodon peruvianusLC

Mesoplodon peruvianus

CetaceaNo verification information

The Peruvian Beaked Whale is the smallest of the Mesoplodon peruvianus. The relevant information is only obtained from 13 specimen···

Mesoplodon mirusLC

Mesoplodon mirus

Trujillo's beaked whale, Wonderful beaked whale

CetaceaNo verification information

True's Beaked Whale has never been identified at sea, so nothing is known about its behavior; the lack of confirmed sightings ···

Mesoplodon layardiiLC

Mesoplodon layardii

Long-toothed beaked whale, Lyman's beaked whale, hook-toothed beaked whale, long-toothed whale

CetaceaNo verification information

Mesoplodon layardii, also known as Strap-toothed Whale, is the largest of the beaked whales and one of the few that can be identif···

Hector's Beaked WhaleLC

Hector's Beaked Whale

Heck's beaked whale, New Zealand beaked whale, Heck's beaked whale

CetaceaNo verification information

Hector's Beaked Whale was first discovered in 1866, but until 1975, there were only 7 decaying specimens, all in the Southern ···

Mesoplodon grayiLC

Mesoplodon grayi

CetaceaNo verification information

Gray's Beaked Whale's scientific name is Mesoplodon grayi, and its foreign name is Gray's Beaked Whale. Limited sighti···

Mesoplodon ginkgodensLC

Mesoplodon ginkgodens

Japanese beaked whale, Ginkgo beaked whale, Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale

CetaceaNo verification information

Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (scientific name: Mesoplodon ginkgodens) is called ginkgo-toothed beaked whale in foreign language, an···

Mesoplodon europaeusLC

Mesoplodon europaeus

Theodore's beaked whale, Gulfstream beaked whale, European beaked whale, Andreas' beaked whale

CetaceaNo verification information

Gervais's beaked whale was first recorded in the 1840s as a specimen floating in the English Channel (hence its name Mesopolod···

Mesoplodon carlhubbsiLC

Mesoplodon carlhubbsi

Harvey's beaked whale

CetaceaNo verification information

Hubbs' Beaked Whale has only one possible sighting, and very little is known about its behavior. Obvious scars indicate that m···

Mesoplodon bidensLC

Mesoplodon bidens

Thor's beaked whale, North Sea beaked whale Thor's beaked whale, North Sea beaked whale

CetaceaNo verification information

Sowerby's Beaked Whale, scientific name Mesoplodon bidens, foreign name Sowerby's Beaked Whale, is the earliest discovered···

Hyperoodon planifronsLC

Hyperoodon planifrons

CetaceaNo verification information

The scientific name of the Southern Bottlenose Whale is Hyperoodon planifrons, and its foreign name is Southern Bottlenose Whale. ···

Hyperoodon ampullatusLC

Hyperoodon ampullatus

North Atlantic bottlenose whale, flathead whale, bottlehead whale, steep-headed whale

CetaceaAbout 37 years

The scientific name of the northern bottlenose whale is Hyperoodon ampullatus. In 1770, Forster first mentioned the northern bottl···

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