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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Damaliscus lunatus,Black-faced hartebeest, South African oryx Black-faced hartebeest, South African oryx
The horned wildebeest (scientific name: Damaliscus lunatus) is also known as Topi, Tiang, and Tsessebe in foreign languages. There···
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Connochaetes taurinus,Common Wildebeest,Common wildebeest, blue wildebeest, spotted wildebeest, white-bearded wildebeest
Common Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) has five subspecies.Common Wildebeest can have two or three territorial ranges, each cor···
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Connochaetes gnou,Black Wildebeest, White-tailed Gnu
White-tailed wildebeest (scientific name: Connochaetes gnou) is also known as Black Wildebeest and White-tailed Gnu. It has no sub···
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Beatragus hunteri,Hirola,Herola,Four-eyed hartebeest
Hirola (scientific name: Beatragus hunteri) is also known as Hirola and Herola in foreign languages. There is no subspecies.Hirola···
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Alcelaphus buselaphus,Red Hartebeest
Red Hartebeest (scientific name: Alcelaphus buselaphus) is also known as Red Hartebeest in foreign languages. The Red Hartebeest a···
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Aepyceros melampus,Impala,Common Impala
Impala (scientific name: Aepyceros melampus) is also known as Impala and Common Impala in foreign languages. There are 6 subspecie···
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Antilocapra americana,pronghorn,American Antelope
Pronghorn (scientific name: Antilocapra americana) is also known as pronghorn in foreign languages. There are 5 subspecies.Prongho···
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Mazama americana, Red Brocket， Corzuela Colorado、Corzuela Roja, Veado-mateiro
Red Brocket (scientific name: Mazama americana) is called Red Brocket in English, Corzuela Colorado and Corzuela Roja in Spanish, ···
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Mazama gouazoubira, Gray Brocket、Brown Brocket，Cabra Silvestre、Corzuela Común、Corzuela Parda、Guazu、Guazu Virá Corça、Veado-catingueiro
Gray Brocket (scientific name: Mazama gouazoubira) is called Gray Brocket and Brown Brocket in English, Cabra Silvestre, Corzuela ···
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Hippocamelus bisulcus,Patagonian Huemul
Chilean Huemul (scientific name: Hippocamelus bisulcus), also known as Patagonian Huemul, is an endangered animal, one of the two ···
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Hippocamelus antisensis
The Peruvian horse moose, whose scientific name is Hippocamelus antisensis, is the most prosperous subfamily of the deer family an···
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Pudu puda,Southern Pudu
Chilean Pudu (scientific name: Pudu puda) is called Southern Pudu in foreign language. It is the smallest deer in the world and ha···
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Pudu mephistophiles,De Winton
Pudu mephistophiles (De Winton) is also known as the northern Pudu deer.Pudu mephistophiles mainly eat understory plants in moist ···
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Ozotoceros bezoarticus
The scientific name of the steppe deer is Ozotoceros bezoarticus, which is an endangered deer species unique to South America. In ···
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Blastocerus dichotomus,Swamp Deer
The South American Swamp Deer (scientific name: Blastocerus dichotomus), also known as the swamp deer, is the largest deer in Sout···
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Odocoileus hemionus,Mule Deer、Black-tailed Deer、Cedros Island Mule Deer、Cedros Island Black-tailed Deer
Mule Deer (scientific name: Odocoileus hemionus) is also known as Mule Deer, Black-tailed Deer, Cedros Island Mule Deer, Cedros Is···
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Odocoileus virginianus,White-tailed Deer,Key Deer,Key Deer Toy Deer, Cariacú, Venado Cola Blanca,Virginia Deer
White-tailed Deer (scientific name: Odocoileus virginianus) English White-tailed Deer, Key Deer, Key Deer Toy Deer, Spanish Cariac···
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Capreolus pygargus,Siberian Roe Deer,Eastern roe deer,Siberian Roe,Oriental roe deer, roe deer, dwarf deer, roe deer
Siberian roe deer (scientific name: Capreolus pygargus) is also known as Siberian Roe Deer, Eastern roe deer, and Siberian Roe. It···
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western roe deer，Capreolus capreolus，European roe deer
Western roe deer (English: western roe deer, scientific name: Capreolus capreolus), also known as European roe deer, mainly lives ···
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Rangifer tarandus,Reindeer
Reindeer (scientific name: Rangifer tarandus) is called Reindeer in foreign language. There are 17 subspecies. Also known as horne···
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Muntiacus vaginalis，Barking Deer、Indian Muntjac、Indian Red Muntjac、Northern Red Muntjac,Northern Red Muntjac
The scientific name of Indian Red Muntjac is Muntiacus vaginalis. Its foreign names include Barking Deer, Indian Muntjac, Indian R···
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Muntiacus truongsonensis,Annamite Muntjac、Annam Black Muntjac、Annamite Dark Muntjac、Pygmy Muntjac、Truongson Muntjac、Truong Son Muntjac
The scientific name of the Truong Son Muntjac is Muntiacus truongsonensis, and its foreign names are Annamite Muntjac, Annam Black···
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Muntiacus rooseveltorum，Muntjac,Roosevelts' Barking Deer,Roosevelt Muntjac, Barking Muntjac
Roosevelt's Barking Deer is a subspecies of the Barking Deer, and was proposed as a separate species by the Field Museum in 19···
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Muntiacus putaoensis,Leaf Muntjac,Leaf Deer,Fossil muntjac
Leaf Muntjac (scientific name: Muntiacus putaoensis) is also known as Leaf Muntjac and Leaf Deer. It has no subspecies and is the ···