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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:

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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MalteseLC

Maltese

Magic Fairy, Maltese Dog

Rodents14years

Maltese (English name: Maltese) is also known as Magic Fairy and Maltese. It is one of the small toy dogs with Bichon Frise ancest···

fur sealEN

fur seal

Arctocephalinae

Carnivora20 year

The fur seal is a mammal of the carnivorous order Sea Lion, subfamily Sealidae, and is about the same size as a seal, with a lengt···

Blue HeelerLC

Blue Heeler

Australian Queensland Heeler、Blue Heeler、Red Heeler

Rodents15-29years

Australian Cattle Dog, also known as Cattle Dog for short, is also known as Queensland Heeler, Blue Heeler, Australian Cattle Dog,···

Otodus megalodonEX

Otodus megalodon

Carcharocles megalodon,Megalodon

Carnivora88-100years

Megalodon (scientific name: Carcharocles megalodon, Otodus megalodon), also known as the giant ear-toothed shark, megalodon, scien···

Boston TerrierLC

Boston Terrier

Boston Bull、Boston Bull Terrier、Boxwood, American Gentlemen

Rodents11-13years

Boston Terrier (scientific name: Boston Terrier, alias: Boston Bull, Boston Bull Terrier, Boxwood, American Gentlemen), is a kind ···

OpossumLC

Opossum

Didelphinae

Rodents3-7years

Opossum (scientific name Didelphinae, English name: Opossum) is a general term for mammals of the family Opossum in the order Poss···

ChinchillaEN

Chinchilla

Chinchilladale,Chinchilla,South American Chinchilla, Woolly Mouse

Rodents10-20years

Chinchilla, also known as chinchilla, chinchilla, chinchilla, woolly mouse, chinchilla, etc., is a common name for a small rodent ···

TachyglossidaeLC

Tachyglossidae

Spiny Anteater

Monotremata

Echidna (Tachyglossidae), one of four peculiar egg-laying mammals found in Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea. They eat and breath···

platypusLC

platypus

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Monotremata

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a small Australian amphibian mammal known for its strange combination of primitive feat···

Tupaia belangeriLC

Tupaia belangeri

Tree shrew,Sino-Burmese tree shrew,northern tree shrew

Eulipotyphla

The northern tree shrew (scientific name: Tupaia belangeri) is a tree shrew native to Indochina, the northeastern part of the Sout···

Harpiola isodonLC

Harpiola isodon

Harpiola isodon

Chiroptera

Small bat, distributed domestically in Taiwan and abroad in Vietnam. It is a typical nocturnal forest bat, but its main habitat is···

Murina shuipuensisLC

Murina shuipuensis

Murina shuipuensis

Chiroptera

Shuifu tubnosed bat was described by Eger and Lim in 2011 based on a male specimen collected from Shuipu Village, Yuping Town, Lib···

Murina reconditaLC

Murina recondita

Murina recondita

Chiroptera

It is a relatively small bat distributed only in Taiwan. Typical nocturnal animal, whose main habitat is unknown, with sporadic us···

Murina putaLC

Murina puta

Murina puta

Chiroptera

Formosan tubenosed bats are found only in Taiwan. Found using banana dead leaves to roost. Emits typical short-duration and wide-b···

Murina jinchuiLC

Murina jinchui

Murina jinchui

Chiroptera

Jinchu tube-nosed bats are small in size and can be distinguished from Northeast tube-nosed bats, white-ventral tube-nosed bats an···

Murina gracilisLC

Murina gracilis

Murina gracilis

Chiroptera

This species is endemic to China. It is only distributed in Taiwan. It is a typical nocturnal arboreal bat, but its habitat is not···

Murina feaeLC

Murina feae

Murina feae

Chiroptera

Tube-nosed bats are small, with forearms about 29mm long. The front end of the nasal orifice protrudes into a short tubular shape,···

Murina fanjingshanensisLC

Murina fanjingshanensis

Murina fanjingshanensis

Chiroptera

Fanjingshan Siphonophorus is similar to white-ventral and yellow-thorax siphonophorus, but there are some differences in body leng···

Murina bicolorLC

Murina bicolor

Murina bicolor

Chiroptera

The yellow-thorax bat is a medium-sized bat, which is a typical nocturnal animal, and its main habitat is not very clear, which ca···

Murina aurataLC

Murina aurata

Murina aurata

Chiroptera

Golden tube-nosed bats are small, with forearms 28-32mm long. The nostrils are tubular, slender and long, and turn upward. The ear···

Plecotus taivanusLC

Plecotus taivanus

Plecotus taivanus

Chiroptera

Formosan long-eared bats are found only in Taiwan. It is a typical nocturnal animal and has been found to roost in tree holes. Emi···

Falsistrellus affinisLC

Falsistrellus affinis

Falsistrellus affinis

Chiroptera

Medium size. The ear shell is long and wide, with blunt and rounded ends. The tragus is short, with a concave notch at the base of···

Thainycteris torquatusLC

Thainycteris torquatus

Thainycteris torquatus

Chiroptera

Yellow-necked bats are currently found only in Taiwan, China. Medium bats are 48-65mm long, 40-50mm long forearms, and 35-48mm lon···

Thainycteris aureocollarisLC

Thainycteris aureocollaris

Thainycteris aureocollaris

Chiroptera

Ringnecked bats are large, with forearms 47-52mm long; The hind foot is 9-12mm long, about half the length of the tibia. The dorsa···

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