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Sicista concolor
Sicista concolor,Small rat, rat, Chinese rat
The Chinese scissorium belongs to the subfamily Sicidinae of the family Jerboa. There are 13 species in the subfamily worldwide, 4···
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| 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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Hylopetes alboniger
Hylopetes alboniger, black and white flying squirrel, arrow-tailed black and white flying squirrel
The black-and-white flying squirrel is a small flying squirrel in southern China. The adult is less than 250 mm long. It is active···
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Sciurotamias forresti
Sciurotamias forresti,White-lined rock squirrel, White-throated rock squirrel, Forster's rock squirrel, Forster's rock squirrel
The body size of the side-striped rock squirrel is similar to that of the rock squirrel. It lives in rocky mountainous areas. It l···
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Menetes berdmorei
Menetes berdmorei，Multi-lined squirrel, line squirrel
There are six species of animals in the Sciuridae family, three species of squirrels and three species of flying squirrels, namely···
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Alex Gentry
Alex Gentry,Porcupine, Chinese porcupine,Hystricomorpha,
Porcupine is also called Chinese porcupine. There are 8 species in the genus Porcupine, which are widely distributed in Europe, As···
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Hystrix brachyura
Hystrix brachyura
The Malayan porcupine is the earliest species named in the genus Porcupine. Previously, there were as many as 11 subspecies or syn···
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Atherurus macrourus
Atherurus macrourus，Brush-tailed porcupine, Asian brush-tailed porcupine, Asian brush-tailed porcupine
There are 4 genera and more than 20 species in the porcupine family worldwide. It is a special type of rodent. There are 4 species···
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Rattus flavipectus
Rattus flavipectus,Yellow-bellied rat, Long-tailed rat
The yellow-breasted rat belongs to the Murinae subfamily. The scientific name of the yellow-breasted rat is very confusing, and it···
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Rattus norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus,Brown rat, rat, white-tailed rat, dung rat, dung rat
Brown rats belong to the subfamily Murinae. The species-level classification status is stable, but there are many synonyms and sub···
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Rattus nitidus
Rattus nitidus,Gray-breasted rat, water rat
Big-footed rats belong to the Murinae subfamily. The species status is stable, but there are many synonyms, and there are great di···
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Rattus losea
Rattus losea,Rosset, field mouse, garden mouse, yellow mouse, yellow-haired mouse
The yellow-haired rat belongs to the Murinae subfamily. The type origin of this species is Taiwan, my country. The species-level c···
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Rattus andamanensis
Rattus andamanensis
The black-margined rat belongs to the Murinae subfamily. This species was previously considered a synonym of the black house rat (···
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Nesokia indica
Nesokia indica
The Indian ground mouse belongs to the genus Nesokia of the subfamily Murinae. There are 2 species in the world and 1 species in C···
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Mus pahari
Mus pahari
The taxonomic status of Sikkim mice is stable and there is little controversy. There are many subspecies, few studies on subspecie···
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Mus musculus
Mus musculus，Mouse, rat, little mouse, mickey mouse, domestic deer
The house mouse belongs to the Murinae subfamily. The species originated in India and arrived at the Mediterranean coast at the en···
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Mus caroli
Mus caroli,Ryukyu house mouse, field mouse, moon mouse, Taiwan house mouse
Castelloni's mouse belongs to the Murinae subfamily. The origin of the model is the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, so it is also cal···
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Niviventer fulvescens
Niviventer fulvescens,Mountain rat, red rat, spiny yellow rat, yellow-haired jumping rat
The needle-haired mouse belongs to the Murinae subfamily. The species-level classification status is stable. The distribution alti···
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Niviventer eha
Niviventer eha,Niviventer eha eha,Niviventer eha ninus
Gray-bellied rat belongs to the Murinae subfamily. The classification status is stable and undisputed. However, the differentiatio···
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Niviventer excelsior
Niviventer excelsior，Niviventer excelsior excelsior，Niviventer excelsior tengchongensis
The Sichuan White-bellied Rat belongs to the Murinae subfamily. Previously, the Sichuan White-bellied Rat was considered a synonym···
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Niviventer confucianus
Niviventer confucianus，Niviventer confucianus chiliensis，Niviventer confucianus confucianus，Rattus rattus, sulfur-bellied rattus, white-tailed star rattus, spiny gray rattus
The Northern Society Rat belongs to the Murinae subfamily. The species-level classification status is stable, with many subspecies···
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Niviventer coninga
Niviventer coninga，Coxing's White-bellied Rat，Mountain Mouse
The white-bellied giant rat belongs to the Murinae subfamily and the genus Long-tailed Rat. There are 4 species in this genus worl···
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Berylmys bowersi
Berylmys bowersi,Green Rat, Mountain Rat, Green Rat
The blue-haired giant rat belongs to the subfamily Murinae. The genus Rattus was previously considered a subgenus of the genus Rat···
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Bandicota indica
Bandicota indica，Large rat, small wallaby，Bandicota indica nemorivaga
The laminae belongs to the Murinae subfamily and is one of the largest species in the Murinae subfamily. The type origin is India.···
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Apodemus
Apodemus
The small-eyed field mouse belongs to the Murinae subfamily. It mainly lives in relatively humid forests and forest-steppes, and e···
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