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The following is a detailed classification table of mammals, including all orders, families, genera and typical animals:

sortOrderFamilyGenusExamples
MonotremataMonotremataOrnithorhynchidaeOrnithorhynchusPlatypus, Echidna


TachyglossidaeEchidnaEchidna
MarsupialiaMarsupialiaMacropodidaeMacropusKangaroos, wombats, possums


PhascolarctidaePhascolarctoskoala


DasyuridaeDasyurusBandicoot, Tasmanian devil
EutheriaCarnivoraCanidaeCanisWolf, dog, fox


FelidaeFelisHouse cat, lion, tiger


UrsidaeUrsusBlack bear, brown bear, polar bear

PerissodactylaEquidaeEquusHorse, donkey, zebra


RhinocerotidaeRhinocerosWhite rhino, black rhino


TapiridaeTapirusTapirus

ArtiodactylaBovidaeBosCattle, antelopes, sheep


CervidaeCervusDeer, reindeer, sika deer


SuidaeSusWild boar, domestic pig

CetaceaBalaenidaeMegapteraHumpback whale, blue whale


DelphinidaeDelphinusDolphins, killer whales

PrimatesCercopithecidaePongoOrangutans, gibbons, monkeys


HominidaeHomoHumans, chimpanzees, orangutans

RodentiaSciuridaeSciurusSquirrels, Ground Squirrels


CastoridaeCastorbeaver


MuridaeMusHouse mouse, vole

ChiropteraVespertilionidaeMyotisSmall bat, big bat

LagomorphaLeporidaeOryctolagusRabbit, hare
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Procapra picticaudataLC

Procapra picticaudata

Procapra picticaudata,Tibetan Gazelle, Goa,Gazelle Du Tibet,Gecela Del Tibet,Tibetische Gazelle,Tibetan gazelle, gazelle, Tibetan gazelle

UngulataAbout 10 years

Tibetan Gazelle, also known as Tibetan Gazelle in English, has no subspecies and is a typical high mountain cold desert animal.For···

Procapra gutturosaLC

Procapra gutturosa

Procapra gutturosa,Mongolian Gazelle, Dzeren, Gazelle de la Mongolie,Gacela de Mongolia,Mongoleigazelle,Tsagaan dzeer,Mongolian gazelle, Mongolian gazelle, Mongolian gazelle

Ungulata7-8years

Mongolian Gazelle is called Mongolian Gazelle in foreign language. It has no subspecies.Mongolian Gazelle likes to live in groups.···

Bos javanicusLC

Bos javanicus

Bos javanicus,Banteng,Bali cattle, white-rumped wild cattle

Ungulata20-26years

Javan buffalo is called Banteng in foreign language, and there are two subspecies.Javan buffalo usually live alone or 2-3 heads li···

Bos mutusLC

Bos mutus

Bos mutus, Pig sound cattle, Jiyake (Tibetan name transliterated as Yagui)

Ungulata22-25years

Wild yaks are called wild yak in foreign language. They are the wild counterparts of domestic yaks.Wild yaks live on the hillside ···

Bos gaurusLC

Bos gaurus

Bos gaurus,White-limbed bison, wild yellow cattle, white socks, Asian bison, bison, big-headed cattle

Ungulata20-30years

The Gaur is called Gaur in foreign language. There are two subspecies. The hair below the knees of the four limbs is white, so it ···

MooseLC

Moose

Alces alces

UngulataAbout 30 years

Moose, whose foreign name is Moose, has 8 subspecies and is the tallest deer in the world.The number of prongs in a moose's an···

Elaphodus cephalophusLC

Elaphodus cephalophus

Elaphodus cephalophus,Green deer, black deer

Ungulata10-12years

The Latin name of the tufted deer is Elaphodus cephalophus, which has three subspecies and is a small deer.Tufted deer live in hil···

Elaphurus davidianusLC

Elaphurus davidianus

Elaphurus davidianus,Père David's Deer, Pere David's Deer,Elaphurus davidiensis,Four-in-one, zhǔ (ancient name), Father David's deer

Ungulata25years

Milu [mí lù], also known as Pere David's Deer in foreign languages, is the only deer species in the Cervidae family and the ···

Przewalskium albirostrisLC

Przewalskium albirostris

Przewalskium albirostris, White-lipped Deer, Thorold's Deer, Weißlippenhirsch,Przewalskium albirostris,Rock deer, white-nosed deer, yellow deer, Hama (Tibetan)

UngulataAbout 20 years

White-lipped Deer is a species endemic to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with no subspecies. It is the deer species with the highest a···

Rucervus eldiiLC

Rucervus eldii

Rucervus eldii,Panolia eldii (M'Clelland,Brow-branched deer, brow-horned deer, marsh deer

Ungulata14-19years

Eld's deer, whose Latin name is Cervus eldii, is a medium-sized deer with three subspecies. It is similar in appearance to sik···

Bactrian DeerLC

Bactrian Deer

Bactrian Deer,Cervus elaphus yarkandensis,Cervus affinis yarkandensis,Cervus yarkandensis,Tarim subspecies of red deer, Tahe red deer, southern Xinjiang red deer, southern Xinjiang small white deer, Y

Ungulata20-25years

Tarim Red Deer, also known as Bactrian Deer, is of medium size and short body. It is the only subspecies of red deer that lives in···

Cervus elaphus wallichiiLC

Cervus elaphus wallichii

Cervus elaphus wallichii,Cervus wallichi,Cervus elaphus affinis,Cervus canadensis wallichi ,Shou Cervus, Red deer Tibetan subspecies, Red deer Tibetan subspecies, Sikkim red deer

Ungulata16-18years

The Tibetan red deer, Shou Cervus in English, is a species endemic to the Tibet Autonomous Region. It was first discovered in Sikk···

Cervus canadensisLC

Cervus canadensis

Cervus canadensis,Wapiti, Alashan Wapiti, Izubra/Manchurian Wapiti, McNeill’s Deer, Merriam’s Wapiti, Shou, Siberian Wapiti, Tien Shan Wapiti, Tule Elk,Cerf Wapiti,Uapití,, red deer, eight-forked deer

Ungulata16-18years

Red deer, also known as Wapiti in English, is a large deer species. Due to different origins, the morphology of red deer also vari···

Cervus nipponLC

Cervus nippon

Cervus nippon,Sika Deer,Flower deer, deer

UngulataAbout 20 years

Sika deer, also known as sika deer in English, is a small to medium-sized deer with 16 subspecies.Sika deer are alert, agile, have···

Rusa unicolorLC

Rusa unicolor

Rusa unicolor, Sambar, Indian Sambar, Sambar Deer,Indischer Sambarhirsch, Pferdehirsch, Sambar,Cervus unicolor Kerr,Black deer, spring deer

Ungulata14-16years

Sambar, also known as the water deer in English, has 8 subspecies and is the largest deer in tropical and subtropical regions.The ···

Axis porcinusLC

Axis porcinus

Axis porcinus, Hog Deer, Indian Hog Deer, Indochina Hog Deer, Indochinese Hog Deer, Thai Hog Deer,Cerf des Marais, Cerf-cochon, Cerf-cochon d'Indochine,Ciervo Porquerizo de Indochina , Indischer

Ungulata12-15 years, up to 20 years

Hog Deer, also known as Hog Deer in English, has 3 subspecies and is a medium-sized deer.Hog Deer like to move alone, occasionally···

Muntiacus gongshanensisLC

Muntiacus gongshanensis

Muntiacus gongshanensis,Gongshan Muntjac,Muntjac, Green Muntjac, Black Muntjac

Ungulata9years

Gongshan Muntjac has no subspecies and belongs to the medium-sized muntjac.Gongshan Muntjac generally moves alone at night, is mor···

Muntiacus crinifronsLC

Muntiacus crinifrons

Muntiacus crinifrons,Black fronted Muntjac,Black and gold muntjac, shaggy muntjac, red-headed muntjac, muntjac, green muntjac

Ungulata10-11years

Black fronted Muntjac is a larger species of muntjac, and its appearance is very similar to the Gongshan Muntjac distributed in we···

Water deerLC

Water deer

Musk deer, musk deer, horse deer, musk deer, river muntjac

Ungulata10-12year

獐外文名River Deer,有2个亚种,比麝略大。《本草纲目》说注:“獐无香,有香者麝也,俗称土麝,呼为香獐”。獐不结大群,居或成双活动,最···

Musk deerLC

Musk deer

Moschus moschiferus

UngulataUp to 17 years in captivity

The Taiga Musk Deer has three subspecies and is a small mammal.Musk deer often move alone, or females and their offspring form a f···

Himalayan Musk DeerLC

Himalayan Musk Deer

Tibetan Musk Deer

Ungulata10-15 year

Himalayan Musk Deer, with no subspecies, is one of the six species of musk deer in China.Himalayan Musk has a strong sense of smel···

Black Musk DeerLC

Black Musk Deer

Brown muntjac, black muntjac, muntjac

Ungulata20year

Black Musk Deer has no subspecies and is similar in shape to the forest musk deer.Black Musk Deer have the habit of nocturnal acti···

Dwarf musk deerLC

Dwarf musk deer

southern musk deer, forest musk deer, black musk deer, forest musk deer, musk deer

Ungulata18-20 years

The foreign name of Forest Musk Deer is Forest Musk Deer. There are 5 subspecies, and the most famous "musk" is produced···

Anhui Musk DeerLC

Anhui Musk Deer

Ungulata12-15 year

Anhui musk deer is also known as Anhui musk deer in English. Since the Anhui musk deer was discovered in the 1980s, its biological···

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