Explore mammals from tiny bats and rodents to primates, carnivores, ungulates, whales, and elephants. Each profile connects core facts with habitat, lifespan, traits, and conservation information.
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The following is a detailed classification table of mammals, including all orders, families, genera and typical animals:
| sort | Order | Family | Genus | Examples |
| Monotremata | Monotremata | Ornithorhynchidae | Ornithorhynchus | Platypus, Echidna |
| Tachyglossidae | Echidna | Echidna | ||
| Marsupialia | Marsupialia | Macropodidae | Macropus | Kangaroos, wombats, possums |
| Phascolarctidae | Phascolarctos | koala | ||
| Dasyuridae | Dasyurus | Bandicoot, Tasmanian devil | ||
| Eutheria | Carnivora | Canidae | Canis | Wolf, dog, fox |
| Felidae | Felis | House cat, lion, tiger | ||
| Ursidae | Ursus | Black bear, brown bear, polar bear | ||
| Perissodactyla | Equidae | Equus | Horse, donkey, zebra | |
| Rhinocerotidae | Rhinoceros | White rhino, black rhino | ||
| Tapiridae | Tapirus | Tapirus | ||
| Artiodactyla | Bovidae | Bos | Cattle, antelopes, sheep | |
| Cervidae | Cervus | Deer, reindeer, sika deer | ||
| Suidae | Sus | Wild boar, domestic pig | ||
| Cetacea | Balaenidae | Megaptera | Humpback whale, blue whale | |
| Delphinidae | Delphinus | Dolphins, killer whales | ||
| Primates | Cercopithecidae | Pongo | Orangutans, gibbons, monkeys | |
| Hominidae | Homo | Humans, chimpanzees, orangutans | ||
| Rodentia | Sciuridae | Sciurus | Squirrels, Ground Squirrels | |
| Castoridae | Castor | beaver | ||
| Muridae | Mus | House mouse, vole | ||
| Chiroptera | Vespertilionidae | Myotis | Small bat, big bat | |
| Lagomorpha | Leporidae | Oryctolagus | Rabbit, hare |
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Arnold's beaked whale, southern four-toothed whale, southern beaked whale, New Zealand beaked whale, southern bottlenose whale, southern porbeagle whale
Arnoux's Beaked Whale, scientific name Arnoux's Beaked Whale, is usually easily frightened and difficult to observe, and i···
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Indus River Dolphin, South Asian River Dolphin Indus subspecies
The Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) is one of the few dolphins that live in freshwater. They are related to the G···
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Small right whale, dwarf whale, dwarf whale, small right whale, pygmy right whale, new right whale
The scientific name of the pygmy right whale is Caperea marginata, and its foreign name is Pygmy right whale. It feeds on small pl···
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Antarctic baleen whale, Southern minke whale
Antarctic minke whale (scientific name: Balaenoptera bonaerensis) is also known as Antarctic minke whale. New mitochondrial DNA te···
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Southern right whale (scientific name: Eubalaena australis) is also known as Southern right whale in foreign languages. It has no ···
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Eubalaena glacialis Borowski
The North Atlantic right whale (Scientific name: Eubalaena glacialis Borowski) is also known as the North Atlantic Right whale. Du···
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Gray shorthorn, Common shorthorn
Shorthorn (scientific name: Pelea capreolus) Grey Rhebok, Common Rhebok, Rhebok, Vaal Rhebok, no subspecies.Shorthorn is active du···
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Common reedbuck, Senegal reedbuck
Reedbuck (scientific name: Redunca redunca) is called Bohor Reedbuck, Common Reedbuck, Cobe de Roseaux in French and Cobe de Rosea···
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Redunca fulvorufula
Mountain Reedbuck (scientific name: Redunca fulvorufula) is called Mountain Reedbuck in English, Redunca de montagne in French, Ro···
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Southern Reedbuck (scientific name: Redunca arundinum) English Southern Reedbuck, French Redunca grande, Afrikaans Rietbok, German···
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Puku Waterbuck, Wadsworth's Koel
Kobus vardonii (scientific name: Puku) has two subspecies.Territory is established by male Kobus vardonii. Territory size depends ···
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Nile waterbuck, Nile lechwe, Nile short-nosed lechwe, Nile lechwe, Nile blackbuck, Bighorn lechwe
Nile Waterbuck (scientific name: Kobus megaceros) is also known as Nile Lechwe in English. There is no subspecies.Nile Waterbuck i···
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Kobus leche
Lechwe (scientific name: Kobus leche) is called Southern Lechwe in English, Cobe Lechwe, Lechwe in French, Cobo de Lechwe in Spani···
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Kobus kob
Kobus kob (Kob in English, Grasantilope in German, Cobe de Buffon in French) has 8 subspecies.Kobus kob may migrate long distances···
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Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Waterbuck (scientific name: Kobus ellipsiprymnus) is called Waterbuck in English, Cobe onctueux in French, Afrikaans in Afrikaans,···
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Rupicapra pyrenaica
Pyrenean Chamois (scientific name: Rupicapra pyrenaica) English Southern Chamois, French Isard, Spanish Rebeco meridional, Italian···
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Rupicapra rupicapra
Rupicapra rupicapra (scientific name: Rupicapra rupicapra) English Northern Chamois, Alpine Chamois, Anatolian Chamois, Asia Minor···
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Ovis vignei
Ovis vignei (scientific name: Ovis vignei) is also known as Urial in English. There are 5 subspecies.Ovis vignei is a gregarious s···
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Ovis nivicola
Snow Mountain Sheep (scientific name: Ovis nivicola) English Snow Sheep, Russia Chubuk, Snezhnyi Baran, there are 4 subspecies.Sno···
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Mouflon
Ovis gmelini, English Mouflon, Asiatic Mouflon, French Mouflón, Spanish Muflón, Russian Муфлон, has 3-5 native wild subspe···
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Ovis dalli, Thinhorn Sheep,Dall's Sheep,Stone’s sheep,Muflón de Dall
Dall's argali (scientific name: Ovis dalli) English Thinhorn Sheep, Dall's Sheep, Stone's sheep, Spanish Muflón de Da···
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Ovis canadensis）,Bighorn Sheep,Mountain Sheep,Mouflon D'Amérique,Mouflon Du Canada,Mouflon Pachycère, Borrego Cimarrón,Carnero Del Canadá,Carnero Salvaje
Canadian Bighorn Sheep (scientific name: Ovis canadensis) is called Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Sheep in English, Mouflon D'Améri···
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Oreamnos americanus,Mountain Goat,Rocky Mountain Goat
Snow sheep (scientific name: Oreamnos americanus) is also known as Mountain Goat and Rocky Mountain Goat. There is no subspecies.T···
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Sumatran serow, Ming mane sheep, mountain donkey, rock donkey, four-legged beast, Pegasus, shepherd
Capricornis sumatraensis (English: Mainland Serow, Serow, Spanish: Serau de Sumatra, German: Südlicher Serau), has three subspeci···