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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Leopardus jacobita,Andean Cat,Mountain cat, South American mountain cat, Andean mountain cat
Andean Tiger Cat (scientific name: Leopardus jacobita) is also known as Andean Cat, and has no subspecies.Andean tiger cats have s···
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Leopardus wiedii,Margay
The long-tailed tiger cat (scientific name: Leopardus wiedii) is also known as Margay in foreign languages. It is a large tiger ca···
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Leopardus pardalis,Ocelot
Ocelot (scientific name: Leopardus pardalis) is also known as Ocelot in English. There are 10 subspecies.Ocelots are mostly active···
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Scandentia,Sino-Burmese tree shrew, Northern tree shrew
Tree shrews are highly adaptable and are distributed from low altitude areas close to sea level to plateaus at an altitude of abou···
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Procyon lotor,Raccoon, Food Thief, Pippi Bear
Raccoon, Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758), is a species of animal in the genus Procyon, family Procyonidae, order Carnivora, class Ma···
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Leopardus tigrinus,Oncilla
The Oncilla (scientific name: Leopardus tigrinus) has three subspecies. It is one of the smallest wild cats in South America and t···
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Oncifelis guigna,Kodkod,South American Lincat
The South American tiger cat (scientific name: Oncifelis guigna) is also known as Kodkod in English. It is the smallest cat in Ame···
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Leopardus geoffroyi,Geoffroy's Cat,Joe's cat, clouded leopard, fishing leopard
Geoffroy's Cat (scientific name: Leopardus geoffroyi) is called Geoffroy's Cat in foreign language. There are 5 subspecies···
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Ladakh pika
The taxonomic status of the Ladakh pika is relatively stable. However, due to the small number of specimens, the research is not i···
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Leopardus colocolo,Pampas Cat,South American savannah cat, savannah cat
Pampas Cat (scientific name: Leopardus colocolo) is also known as Pampas Cat, with 8 subspecies.Pampas Cat is mainly active at nig···
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Herpailurus yaguarondi
The slender-waisted cat (scientific name: Herpailurus yaguarondi) is also known as Jaguarundi and Eyra Cat in foreign languages. T···
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Puma concolor,Puma、Mountain Lion,Mountain lion, golden cat, pounce horse
Puma (scientific name: Puma concolor) is also known as Puma or Mountain Lion in foreign languages. It is an animal of the class Ma···
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Caracal aurata,Profelis aurata,African Golden Cat,
African Caracal (scientific name: Caracal aurata, synonymous scientific name Profelis aurata) is called African Golden Cat in fore···
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Catopuma badia,Borneo Bay Cat,Chestnut cat
Borneo Golden Cat (scientific name: Catopuma badia) is also known as Borneo Bay Cat in foreign languages. It has no subspecies.In ···
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Felis iriomotensis(P.b.iriomotensis,Iriomote cat
The Iriomote cat, scientific name Felis iriomotensis (P.b.iriomotensis), is a subspecies endemic to Okinawa, Japan. In the local d···
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Prionailurus planiceps,Flat-headed Cat,Flat head cat
Flat-headed Cat (scientific name: Prionailurus planiceps), also known as Flat-headed Cat, or simply Flat-headed Cat, is a small wi···
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Prionailurus rubiginosus,Rusty-spotted Cat,Rusty Cat
Rusty-spotted cat (scientific name: Prionailurus rubiginosus), also known as Rusty-spotted Cat, or simply Rusty-spotted cat, is a ···
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Cymric,Long-haired Manx cat, Welsh cat
The Cymric cat is also called the long-haired Manx cat. It is a long-haired variant of the Manx cat. Like the Manx cat, it is tail···
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Turkish Angora,Turkish Angora cat
The Ankara cat, also known as the Turkish Angora cat, is one of the oldest long-haired cat breeds and was named after the capital ···
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Himalayan
The Himalayan cat is named because it looks very similar to the rabbit with this name, and has nothing to do with the Himalayas. T···
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Oriental longhair cat
The Oriental Longhair is a new breed obtained by crossing the Oriental Shorthair and the Balinese (semi-longhaired Siamese cat). T···
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Balinese,Long-haired Siamese cat, long-haired Amish cat
Balinese cats are produced by natural mutation or hidden genetic traits of Siamese cats, so they were originally called long-haire···
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Bengal Cat
The term "leopard cat" actually refers to two types of cats. One is the wild Asian leopard cat (a small wild cat with le···
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Ocicat
The first Ocicat kitten was born in Europe in 1984. The spots on the body are carefully bred. The entire coat is striped, except f···