phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carl Linnaeus initially defined the class. No classification system is universally...
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monotremes and marsupials, and for the clades and families, see Mammal classification. Classification updated from the VertLife website. Family Orycteropodidae...
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A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (/məˈmeɪli.ə/). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing...
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Synapsida (redirect from Proto-mammal)
stem mammals have given rise to the more erect therapsids, who in their turn have given rise to the mammals. In traditional vertebrate classification, the...
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Pangolin (redirect from List of placental mammals in Order Pholidota)
Pangolins, sometimes known as scaly anteaters, are mammals of the order Pholidota (/fɒlɪˈdoʊtə/). The one extant family, the Manidae, has three genera:...
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and placental mammals (eutherians, for which see List of placental mammals). Classification updated from Wilson and Reeder's "Mammal Species of the World:...
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872 species Recently extinct mammals are defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as any mammals that have become extinct since...
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This is a collection of lists of mammal species by the estimated global population, divided by orders. Lists only exist for some orders; for example, the...
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Lists of mammals by region cover mammals found in different parts of the world. They are organized by continent, region, and country, and in some places...
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Carnivora (category Mammal orders)
Carnivora (/kɑːrˈnɪvərə/ kar-NIH-vər-ə) is an order of placental mammals that have specialized in primarily eating flesh, whose members are formally referred...
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Boreoeutheria (section Classification and phylogeny)
nuclear DNA and protein characters, as well as the fossil record. Mammal classification Placentalia Exceptional clades whose males lack the usual boreoeutherian...
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Theria (redirect from Live-bearing mammal)
Therian mammals began to diversify 10-20 million years before the dinosaur extinction. The rank of "Theria" may vary depending on the classification system...
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161 families, 27 orders, and around 5,937 recognized living species of mammal. Mammalian taxonomy is in constant flux as many new species are described...
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Threat Classification System. The Māori introduced two species: the kurī (dog) and kiore (Polynesian rat). European settlers introduced all other mammal species...
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canadensis Mammals portal Geography portal United States portal Colorado portal List of chordate orders List of regional mammals lists Mammal classification Bibliography...
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exception of the mammals are now extinct, but each of these groups possessed different tooth patterns, which aids with the classification of fossils. Most...
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List of chordate orders Lists of mammals by region List of prehistoric mammals Mammal classification List of mammals described in the 2000s This list...
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Ferungulata (category Mammal taxonomy)
horses, and dogs. Mammal classification Simpson, George Gaylord (1945). "The principles of classification and a classification of mammals". Bulletin of the...
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List of chordate orders Lists of mammals by region List of prehistoric mammals Mammal classification List of mammals described in the 2000s This list...
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List of chordate orders Lists of mammals by region List of prehistoric mammals Mammal classification List of mammals described in the 2000s The taxonomy...
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List of cetaceans (category Lists of placental mammals)
cetaceans Archaeoceti List of whale vocalizations List of marine mammal species Mammal classification The Society for Marine Mammalogy considers Eden's whale a...
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Ground pangolin (category Myrmecophagous mammals)
Phylogenetic position of Smutsia temminckii within family Manidae Mammal classification Smutsia Wikimedia Commons has media related to Smutsia temminckii...
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Manidae (category Mammal families)
[DPC 3972 & DPC 4364] (Gebo & Rasmussen, 1985) (Fayum pangolin) Mammal classification Manoidea Sean P. Heighton, Rémi Allio, Jérôme Murienne, Jordi Salmona...
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Pan-Euungulata (category Mammal unranked clades)
Pan-Perissodactyla (Welker, 2015) Clade: Paraxonia (Marsh, 1884) Mammal classification Ferungulata O’Leary, M. A., Bloch JI, Flynn, J. J., Gaudin, T. J...
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List of mammals of China List of chordate orders Mammal classification Lists of mammals by region List of prehistoric mammals List of mammals described...
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There are 27 mammal species native to Ireland or naturalised in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland before 1500. The Red List of Irish terrestrial...
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Venomous mammals are synapsids of the class Mammalia that produce venom, which they use to kill or disable prey, to defend themselves from predators or...
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