Orders of Living Mammals

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Monotremata	Platypus, Echidna	one hole
Didelphimorphia	New world opposums	double uterus
Paucituberculata	Shrew-like opposums	few tubercules
Microbiotheria	Monito del monte	small living animal
Dasyruomorphia	Tasmanian devil, quoll, kultarr, numbat, thylacine, marsupial mice	hairy tail
Peramelemorphia	Bandicoots, rabbit-like insectivores	pouchedmarten
Notoryctemorphia	Marsupial moles	noticable grimace
Diprotodontia	Kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, phalangers, gliders, nectar eaters, opposums	two front teeth
Insectivora	Shrews, moles, solenodons, desmans	insect eaters
Scandentia	tree shrews	climbers
Dermoptera	colugo (flying lemur)	skin wing
Chiroptera	bats	hand wing
Primates	lemurs, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, women, lorises, aye-aye, galago	first
Xenarthra (Edentata)	Anteaters, sloths, armadillos	strange articulation
Pholidota	Pangolins (scaly anteaters)	scaly ones
Cetacea	Whales, dolphins, narwhal, beluga	mystic big one
Carnivora	Weasels, canids, felids, bears, seals, walrus, civets, hyeana, aardwolf...	meat eaters
Lagomorpha	Rabbits, hares, pikas	hare shaped
Rodentia	Rats, squirrels, beavers, gophers, porcupines...	gnawers
Tubulidentata	Aardvark	tube teeth
Proboscidea	Elephants	feeding nose
Hyrdacoidea	Hyrax	rock hog
Sirenia	Manatee, dugong	mermaid with the face of a woman
Perissodactyla	Horses, tapirs, rhinoceros	odd-fingered ones
Artiodactyla	Pigs, hippopotamus, cattle, griaffe, antelope, camels, deer, sheep	even-fingered ones
Macroscelidea	Elephant shrew	big hind limbs

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