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Mammalogy 408
Orders and Families
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
05/02/2010
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monotremata
 Definition
platerhinni (platypus) ? (echidna)
Term
didelphimorphia
 Definition
didelphidae (possum)
Term
paucituberculata
 Definition
shrew-like opossum
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peramelemorphia
 Definition
bandicoots & bilbies
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notoryctemorphia
 Definition
marsupial mole
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dasyuromorphia
 Definition
tasmanian devil, numbat
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microbiotheria
 Definition
monito del monte
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diprotodontia
 Definition
kangaroo, koala
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afrosoricida
 Definition
tenrecidae (tenrec) & chrysochloridae (golden mole)
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macroscelidea
 Definition
elephant shrew (senguis)
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tubulidentata
 Definition
aardvark
Term
proboscidea
 Definition
elephant
Term
hyracoidia
 Definition
hyraxes
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sirenia
 Definition
manatee, dugong
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cingulata
 Definition
armadillos
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pilosa
 Definition
sloth
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dermoptera
 Definition
colugo, flying lemur
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scandentia
 Definition
tree-shrew, tupaia
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primate
 Definition
strepsirhini, haplorhini
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lagomorpha
 Definition
ochotonidae (pika), leporidae (rabbits)
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Rodentia
 Definition
mice, rats, porcupines, beavers
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soricomorpha
 Definition
shrew, moles, desmans, solenodonts
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erinaceomorpha
 Definition
hedgehog, moonrat, gymnure
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carnivora
 Definition
feliforma, caniforma
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pholidota
 Definition
Manidae (pangolin)
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perissodactyla
 Definition
equidae, rhinoceratidae, tapiridae
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cetartiodactyla
 Definition
whales, ruminants, camels, suidae
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chiroptera
 Definition
bats
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laurasiatheria
 Definition
soricomorpha, erinaceomorpha, carnivora, pholidota, perissodactyla, cetartiotactyla, chiroptera
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euliptotyphla
 Definition
soricomorpha, erinaceomorpha
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euarchontoglires
 Definition
dermoptera, scandentia, primates, lagomorpha, rodentia
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euarchonta
 Definition
dermoptera, scandentia, primates
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glires
 Definition
lagomorpha, rodentia
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xenarthra
 Definition
cingulata, pilosa
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subungulata
 Definition
proboscidea, hyracoidea, sirenia
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afrotheria
 Definition
afrosoricida, macroscelidea, tubulidentata
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odontoceti
 Definition
toothed whale
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mysticeti
 Definition
baleen whales
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ptilocercidae
 Definition
pen-tailed tree shrew
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tupaiidae
 Definition
tupaias
Term
cynocephalidae
 Definition
colugo (2 spp)
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soricidae
 Definition
shrews
Term
solenodontidae
 Definition
solenodons (freakkkyyyyy)
Term
talpidae
 Definition
mole, desman
Term
pteropodidae
 Definition
fruit bat, flying fox
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rhinolophoidea
 Definition
mouse-tailed bats
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emballonuroidea
 Definition
sac-winged bats
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noctilionodiea
 Definition
vampire bats, leaf nosed
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vespertilionoidea
 Definition
evening bat, common bat
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tylopoda
 Definition
camels
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suiformes
 Definition
piggies
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suidae
 Definition
pigs
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tayassuidae
 Definition
peccaries
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hippopotamidae
 Definition
hippo
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tragulidae
 Definition
chevrotain
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giraffidae
 Definition
giraffe, okapi
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moschidae
 Definition
musk deer
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cervidae
 Definition
deer
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antilocapridae
 Definition
pronghorn
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bovidae
 Definition
oxen, goats, sheep, antelope
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