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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Chlorocebus tantalus, Tantalus Monkey， Vervet tantale，Vervet de Tántalo，Tantalus-Grünmeerkatze、Tantalus-Meerkatze,Tantalus monkey
Tantalus green monkey (scientific name: Chlorocebus tantalus) English Tantalus Monkey, French Vervet tantale, Spanish Vervet de Tá···
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Chlorocebus aethiops,Green Monkey、Western Green Monkey,Green Vervet Monkey, Gray Grass Monkey
Green Monkey (scientific name: Chlorocebus aethiops) is also known as Green Monkey and Western Green Monkey in foreign languages. ···
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Chlorocebus pygerythrus,Vervet,Blue-bellied Green Monkey
Green monkey (scientific name: Chlorocebus pygerythrus) is called Vervet in foreign language, and has 5 subspecies.Green monkey of···
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Chlorocebus djamdjamensis,Bale Monkey
Bale Mountain Green Monkey (scientific name: Chlorocebus djamdjamensis) is also known as Bale Monkey in English. It is a medium-si···
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Chlorocebus cynosuros,Malbrouck Monkey,Angola black-faced green monkey
Malbrouck Monkey (scientific name: Chlorocebus cynosuros) is a medium-sized monkey.Malbrouck Monkey often moves on the ground. It ···
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Chlorocebus sabaeus,Grivet Monkey,Tantalus green monkey, Steppe green monkey
Black-faced green monkey (scientific name: Chlorocebus sabaeus) is also known as Grivet Monkey in English. There are 3 subspecies.···
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Miopithecus talapoin,Foreign name Southern Talapoin Monkey,Angola pygmy monkey, southern pygmy monkey
Southern Talapoin Monkey (Scientific name: Miopithecus talapoin) Foreign name Southern Talapoin Monkey, is one of the two small mo···
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Miopithecus ogouensis,Northern Talapoin Monkey,Northern pygmy monkey
Gabonese pygmy monkey (scientific name: Miopithecus ogouensis), also known as Northern Talapoin Monkey, was once a subspecies of p···
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Allenopithecus nigroviridis,Allen's Swamp Monkey,Dark green long-tailed monkey
Allenopithecus nigroviridis (scientific name: Allen's Swamp Monkey) is the only species of the genus Allenopithecus in the fam···
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Lagothrix flavicauda,Peruvian Yellow-tailed,Yellow woolly monkey
Peruvian Yellow-tailed (Lagothrix flavicauda) is a diurnal monkey that likes to live in groups. It often lives in small groups wit···
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Lagothrix lagotricha,Common woolly monkey, Humboldt woolly monkey
The scientific name of woolly monkeys is Lagothrix lagotricha. They are diurnal and like to live in groups. They often live in sma···
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northern muriqui,Northern woolly spider monkey
The northern muriqui is extremely rare and is one of the most endangered primates.The northern muriqui mainly feeds on leaves and ···
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Ateles marginatus,White-cheeked spider monkey,Amazon spider monkey
The Amazon spider monkey's scientific name is Ateles marginatus. It is named because of its slender limbs. When it moves on th···
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Ateles hybridus,Spotted spider monkey,Brown spider monkey
The brown spider monkey, scientifically known as Ateles hybridus, is also known as the spotted spider monkey. It is a critically e···
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Ateles geoffroyi,Red spider monkey
Black-handed spider monkey (scientific name Ateles geoffroyi) is a arboreal primate that lives in groups. It mainly feeds on fruit···
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Ateles fusciceps
Brown-headed spider monkey (scientific name Ateles fusciceps) is a species of spider monkey, belonging to the New World monkey.Bro···
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Alouatta seniculus
Red howler monkey (scientific name Alouatta seniculus) is a species of howler monkey in South America.Red howler monkeys live in s···
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Alouatta pigra,Red-faced howler monkey
The howler monkey (Alouatta pigra), also known as the red-faced howler monkey, is a species of howler monkey in Central America.Th···
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Alouatta palliata,Mantled Howler Monkey,Long-haired howler monkey
Mantled Howler Monkey (scientific name: Alouatta palliata) is also known as Mantled Howler Monkey in foreign languages. There are ···
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Alouatta caraya
The scientific name of the black howler monkey is Alouatta caraya. It mainly eats fruits, leaves and seeds. They move in groups, m···
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Callicebus lucifer
The scientific name of the white-collared monkey is Callicebus lucifer. It moves in small groups with a common area and is diurnal···
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Cacajao calvus
The scientific name of the white bald monkey is Cacajao calvus. 67% of their food is seeds; 18% is fruits; 6% is flowers; and othe···
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Chiropotes satanas,Black Bearded Saki,Black-bearded bush monkey
The scientific name of the black bush-tailed monkey is Chiropotes satanas, and its foreign name is Black Bearded Saki. It has a st···
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Aotus trivirgatus,Douroucouli、Night Monkey,owl monkey
The night monkey (scientific name: Aotus trivirgatus) is also known as Douroucouli and Night Monkey in foreign languages. There is···