List of placental mammals

Over 70% of mammal species are in the orders Rodentia, Chiroptera, and Eulipotyphla.

  Rodentia (40.5%)

  Chiroptera (22.2%)

  Eulipotyphla (8.8%)

  Primates (7.8%)

  Artiodactyla (5.4%)

  Carnivora (4.7%)

  Diprotodontia (2.3%)

  Didelphimorphia (1.9%)

  Lagomorpha (1.7%)

  Dasyuromorphia (1.3%)

  Afrosoricida (0.8%)

  Cingulata (0.3%)

  Macroscelidea (0.3%)

  Peramelemorphia (0.3%)

  Perissodactyla (0.3%)

  Pilosa (0.3%)

  Scandentia (0.3%)

  Paucituberculata (0.1%)

  Pholidota (0.1%)

  Hyracoidea (0.09%)

  Monotremata (0.08%)

  Sirenia (0.06%)

  Proboscidea (0.05%)

  Dermoptera (0.03%)

  Microbiotheria (0.03%)

  Notoryctemorphia (0.03%)

  Tubulidentata (0.02%)

The class Mammalia (mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: monotremes, which lay eggs, and therians, mammals which give live birth, which has two infraclasses: marsupials/metatherians and placentals/eutherians. See List of monotremes and marsupials, and for the clades and families, see Mammal classification. Classification updated from the VertLife website.

Magnorder Atlantogenata

Atlantogenatans

Superorder Afrotheria

Grandorder Afroinsectiphilia

Order Tubulidentata (aardvarks)

• Family Orycteropodidae
  • Genus Orycteropus
    • Aardvark, Orycteropus afer

Mirorder Afroinsectivora

Order Macroscelidea (elephant shrews)

Main article: List of macroscelids

Order Afrosoricida (tenrecs, golden moles and otter shrews)

Main article: List of afrosoricids

Grandorder Paenungulata

Order Hyracoidea (hyraxes)

• Family Procaviidae
  • Genus Dendrohyrax
    • Southern tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax arboreus
    • Western tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax dorsalis
  • Genus Heterohyrax
    • Yellow-spotted rock hyrax, Heterohyrax brucei
  • Genus Procavia
    • Cape hyrax, Procavia capensis

Mirorder Tethytheria

Order Proboscidea (elephants)

• Family Elephantidae
  • Genus Loxodonta
    • African forest elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis
    • African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana
  • Genus Elephas
    • Asian elephant, Elephas maximus

Order Sirenia (dugongs and manatees)

• Family Dugongidae
  • Genus Dugong
    • Dugong, Dugong dugon
  • Genus Hydrodamalis
    • †Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigas
• Family Trichechidae
  • Genus Trichechus (manatees)
    • West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus
    • African manatee, Trichechus senegalensis
    • Amazonian manatee, Trichechus inunguis
    • Dwarf manatee, Trichecus pygmaeus – validity questionable

Superorder Xenarthra

Order Cingulata (armadillos)

Main article: List of cingulates

Order Pilosa (sloths and anteaters)

Main article: List of pilosans

Magnorder Boreoeutheria

Boreoeutherians

Superorder Euarchontoglires

Grandorder Euarchonta

Order Scandentia (treeshrews)

Main article: List of scandentians

Mirorder Primatomorpha

Order Dermoptera (colugos)

• Family Cynocephalidae
  • Genus Cynocephalus
    • Philippine flying lemur, Cynocephalus volans
  • Genus Galeopterus
    • Sunda flying lemur, Galeopterus variegatus

Order Primates

Main article: List of primates

Grandorder Glires

Order Rodentia (mice, rats, etc.)

Main article: List of rodents

Order Lagomorpha (hares, rabbits, and pikas)

Main article: List of lagomorphs

Superorder Laurasiatheria

Order Eulipotyphla (hedgehogs, moles, shrews, etc.)

Main article: List of eulipotyphlans

Order Chiroptera (bats)

Main article: List of bats

Grandorder Ferungulata

Mirorder Ferae

Order Pholidota (pangolins)

Main article: List of pholidotans

Order Carnivora

Main article: List of carnivorans

Mirorder Euungulata

Order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)

Main article: List of perissodactyls

Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)

Main article: List of artiodactyls

See also

• Mammal classification
• List of prehistoric mammals
• List of recently extinct mammals
• List of monotremes and marsupials

References

• Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1–2, 22–70. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
• Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 3–21. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.