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Little gopher
Little gopher, hamsters, gophers
The ground squirrel belongs to the Allactaginae subfamily. There are 3 species in the world, and only 1 in China. The number is re···
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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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Allactaga elater
Allactaga elater,Jerboa, jumping rabbit, donkey jump, hard jump
The small five-toed jerboa belongs to the subfamily Allactaginae. Jerboas are distributed in deserts and arid areas in North Afric···
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Allactaga sibirica
Allactaga sibirica,Mongolian five-toed Jerboa,Five-toed jumping rabbit, jumping rabbit, jumping mouse
Five-toed jerboas belong to the Allactaginae subfamily. The species-level classification of five-toed jerboas is stable, and the s···
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Castor
Castor,Beaver, nutria
There are only two species of beavers in the world. The other is the American beaver, which is distributed in Canada and Alaska, U···
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Dryomys nitedula
Dryomys nitedula,Dormouse,Dyromys milleri,Mus nitedula Pallas,Eliomys angelus
There are 9 genera and 28 species of forest dormouse in the world. They belong to 3 subfamilies. There are 2 genera and 2 species ···
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Aeretes melanopterus
Aeretes melanopterus,North Chinese flying squirrel,Black-winged flying squirrel
Grooved-toothed flying squirrels like to build nests in tree holes of tall trees. The nests are built in dead tree holes, with the···
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Pteromys volans
Pteromys volans,Siberian Flying Squirrel,Flying squirrel, flying squirrel, flying tiger, small flying squirrel
Flying squirrels do not hibernate. They are nocturnal and are active after dusk, but can occasionally be seen during the day. When···
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Petaurista xanthotis
Petaurista xanthotis , Highland Flying Squirrel, Yellow-eared Flying Squirrel
Gray flying squirrels are nocturnal and active at dawn and dusk. They live in subalpine coniferous forests or mixed coniferous and···
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Petaurista albiventer
Petaurista albiventer,Brown-footed flying squirrel, red-backed flying squirrel, flying fox, flying mouse
The chestnut-backed flying squirrel is a species of Chinese flying squirrel. The chestnut-backed flying squirrel, also known as th···
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Petaurista magnificus
Petaurista magnificus,Magnificent Flying Squirrel,Beautiful flying squirrel, Beautiful flying squirrel, Hao's flying squirrel
The chestnut brown flying squirrel mainly lives in the mountain evergreen broad-leaved forest belt below 2500m above sea level, wh···
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Petaurista caniceps
Petaurista caniceps, small flying squirrel, small flying squirrel, flying squirrel, flying tiger
The gray-headed flying squirrel is medium-sized, arboreal, and usually moves alone. It is a nocturnal animal, spending most of its···
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Petaurista alborufus
Petaurista alborufus,Red-and-white Giant,Flying fox, pine cat, white-faced flying squirrel, white-headed flying squirrel, white-fronted flying squirrel
Red and white flying squirrels are large flying squirrels with a body shape very similar to that of squirrels. They live in forest···
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Trogopterus xanthipes
Trogopterus xanthipes,Orange-footed flying squirrel, yellow-footed flying squirrel, cuckoo bird, cuckoo bug, cuckoo bug, magpie
The flying squirrel is a forest animal endemic to China. It is slightly larger than the red-bellied squirrel and lives mostly in m···
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Belomys pearsonii Gray
Belomys pearsonii Gray,Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel,Brown-eared mouse, hairy-legged mouse
The hairy-eared flying squirrel is a tropical small flying squirrel that usually lives in pairs at night and does not hibernate. I···
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Marmota sibirica
Marmota sibirica,,Marmota bobak,Bobak Marmot,Siberian marmot, steppe marmot, Tarbagan (Mongolian)
The Mongolian marmot is a rodent, Marmota genus animal. There are two color types, one is brown and the other is yellow-brown; it ···
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Marmota himalayana
Marmota himalayana,Hara, Snow Pig
The Himalayan marmot is a large ground-dwelling rodent mammal of the genus Marmot. It widely inhabits the meadow grasslands of the···
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Marmota caudata
Marmota caudata,Long-tailed Marmot,Red marmot, Marmot
The long-tailed marmot is a large terrestrial rodent of the Sciuridae family and the genus Marmota. It is slightly smaller than th···
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Marmota baibacina
Marmota baibacina,Altai Marmot,Tianshan marmot, Altai marmot
The gray marmot (scientific name: Marmota baibacina), also known as the Tianshan marmot and the Altai marmot, is a large terrestri···
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Spermophilus relictus
Spermophilus relictus,Tien Shan Ground Squirrel,Yellow rat
The Tianshan yellow squirrel is of medium size and has a long tail. It mainly inhabits the gentle slopes of the hills in front of ···
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Spermophilus dauricus
Spermophilus dauricus,Yellow mouse, Mongolian yellow mouse, prairie yellow mouse, bean mouse, big-eyed thief
Daurian ground squirrel is a group of scattered animals, diurnal, one of the representative species of the northern grassland, but···
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Spermophilus undulatus
Spermophilus undulatus，Long-tailed Ground Squirrel，Bean rat, big-eyed thief
The long-tailed yellow squirrel is an animal of the Sciuridae family and the genus Squirrel. It mainly inhabits high mountains at ···
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Spermophilus erythrogenys
Spermophilus erythrogenys,Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel,Pale-tailed yellow squirrel
Red-cheeked yellow squirrel is an animal of the Sciuridae family and the genus Squirrel. It inhabits low mountain grasslands, pied···
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Spermophilus alaschanicus Buchner
Spermophilus alaschanicus Buchner, field mouse, Daurian ground mouse, Mongolian ground mouse, prairie ground mouse, big-eyed thief, bean mouse
The Alashan yellow rat was originally listed as a subspecies of the Daurian yellow rat, and became an independent valid species in···
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Tamias sibiricus
Tamias sibiricus, birch mouse, five-browed squirrel, flower civet stick, chipmunk
Chipmunks belong to the genus Chipmunk of the family Sciuridae. They are named for the several light and dark parallel vertical st···
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