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Lama glama
Lama glama,llama,Domestic Alpaca
The llama (Latin scientific name: Lama glama, English name: llama) is the heaviest and largest South American alpaca in South Amer···
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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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Lama glama,llama,Domestic Alpaca
The llama (Latin scientific name: Lama glama, English name: llama) is the heaviest and largest South American alpaca in South Amer···
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Vicugna pacos, Alpaca,Grass Mud Horse,Alpaca
The alpaca (scientific name Vicugna pacos, English name Alpaca) native to South America is also known as the Grass Mud Horse in my···
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Lama guanicoe,Guanaco
Guanaco (scientific name: Lama guanicoe) is a docile herbivore with four subspecies.Guanacos like to form small groups, with 4-10 ···
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Vicugna vicugna,Vicuna
Llama (scientific name: Vicugna vicugna) is also known as Vicuna in English. It has three subspecies and is a large mammal.The lla···
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Camelus dromedarius,dromedary
The dromedary camel (scientific name: Camelus dromedarius) is also known as dromedary in English. It has no subspecies and is slig···
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King Kong,gorilla, silverback gorilla
The common name of the gorilla is the gorilla, the silverback gorilla, which is the largest primate in existence and the animal cl···
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Homo sapiens,Human
Homo sapiens (scientific name: Homo sapiens) is the only existing species under the genus Homo. Its morphological characteristics ···
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Pan paniscus,Dwarf Chimpanzee,Bonobo, pygmy chimpanzee
Bonobos (scientific name: Pan paniscus) are called Dwarf Chimpanzee in foreign language. They are one of the two species of chimpa···
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Gorilla beringei,Eastern gorilla,East African gorilla
The scientific name of the East African gorilla is Gorilla beringei. There are two subspecies, namely the East African lowland gor···
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Gorilla gorilla,Lowland GorillaWestern Gorilla,Western gorilla, African western gorilla
The scientific name of the West African gorilla is Gorilla gorilla, and its foreign name is Lowland GorillaWestern Gorilla. There ···
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Pongo pygmaeus, Bornean Orangutan, Orang-outan de Bornéo, Orang-után,Orangutan
Bornean orangutan (scientific name: Pongo pygmaeus) is called Bornean Orangutan in English, Orang-outan de Bornéo in French, and ···
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Pongo abelii,Sumatran Orangutan,Sumatran Orangutan
The Sumatran orangutan (scientific name: Pongo abelii) is the largest orangutan on the island of Sumatra. Among primates, its size···
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Symphalangus syndactylus,Siamang,Little monkey
Symphalangus syndactylus (scientific name: Symphalangus syndactylus) is called Siamang in foreign language, and has no subspecies.···
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Nomascus annamensis,Northern Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon、Northern Buff-cheeked Gibbon,Nomascus gabriellae
The Northern Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon (scientific name: Nomascus annamensis) is also known as the Northern Yellow-cheeked Cre···
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Nomascus concolors, Black Crested Gibbon、Black Gibbon、Concolor Gibbon、Indochinese Gibbon、Western Black Crested Gibbon, Gibbon Noir, Gibón de cresta negra, Westlicher Schopfgibbon
The Western Black Crested Gibbon (scientific name: Nomascus concolors) is known as Black Crested Gibbon, Black Gibbon, Concolor Gi···
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Nomascus siki,Southern White-cheeked Gibbon
The Southern White-cheeked Gibbon (scientific name: Nomascus siki) was confirmed as an independent species in 1972. It was previou···
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Nomascus hainanus,Hainan Gibbon、Hainan Black Crested Gibbon、Hainan Black Gibbon、Hainan Crested Gibbon,Hainan black-crested gibbon, bang-bang monkey, bao monkey
Hainan Gibbon (scientific name: Nomascus hainanus) Foreign names: Hainan Gibbon, Hainan Black Crested Gibbon, Hainan Black Gibbon,···
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Nomascus gabriellae,Red-cheeked Gibbon、Buff-cheeked Gibbon、Buffy-cheeked Gibbon、Southern Yellow-cheeked Crested Gibbon,Red-cheeked black ape, yellow-cheeked crested gibbon, light yellow-cheeked gibbon
Red-cheeked Gibbon (scientific name: Nomascus gabriellae) is also known as Red-cheeked Gibbon, Buff-cheeked Gibbon, Buffy-cheeked ···
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Hylobates pileatus,Pileated Gibbon,Fence-crowned gibbon, Crested gibbon
Pileated Gibbon (scientific name: Hylobates pileatus) is also known as Pileated Gibbon in English. It has no subspecies.Pileated g···
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Hylobates muelleri,Müller's Bornean Gibbon,Bornean gibbon, Miller's gibbon
The gray gibbon (scientific name: Hylobates muelleri) is also known as Müller's Bornean Gibbon in English. It has three subsp···
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Hylobates moloch,Silvery Javan Gibbon
Silvery Javan Gibbon (scientific name: Hylobates moloch) is called Silvery Javan Gibbon in English. There are 2 subspecies.Silvery···
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Hylobates klossii,Kloss’s Gibbon,Cross's gibbon, Mentawai gibbon, Japanese gibbon
Kloss’s Gibbon (scientific name: Hylobates klossii) is also known as Kloss’s Gibbon in English. It has no subspecies.Clark's···
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Hylobates albibarbis
The white-bearded gibbon (scientific name: Hylobates albibarbis) was once a subspecies of the black-handed gibbon and was identifi···
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Hylobates agilis,Agile Gibbon,Agile Gibbon
The black-handed gibbon (scientific name: Hylobates agilis) is also known as Agile Gibbon in English. It has two subspecies.Black-···