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===[[Boreoeutheria]]=== ====[[Euarchontoglires]] ==== [[File:Katzenmaki (Chirogaleus furcifer).png|thumb|right|199px|[[Masoala fork-marked lemur]] (''Cheirogaleus'') ''Phaner furcifer'']] *Superorder [[Euarchonta]] **Order [[Scandentia]] ***Family [[Ptilocercidae]] (1 species), pen-tailed treeshrews (Southeast Asia) ***Family [[Tupaiidae]]: (19 species), treeshrews (Southeast Asia) **Mirorder [[Primatomorpha]] ***Order [[Dermoptera]] ****Family [[Cynocephalidae]]: (2 species), flying lemurs or colugos (Southeast Asia) ***Order [[Primates]]: lemurs, bushbabies, monkeys, apes ([[cosmopolitan distribution|cosmopolitan]]) [[File:Wild aye aye.jpg|thumb|right|199px|[[Aye aye]] (Daubentonid)]] ****Family [[Cheirogaleidae]]: (32 species), dwarf lemurs (Madagascar) ****Family [[Lemuridae]]: (22 species), lemurs (Madagascar) ****Family [[Lepilemuridae]]: (26 species), sportive lemurs (Madagascar) ****Family [[Indriidae]]: (19 species), indri and sifakas (Madagascar) ****Family [[Daubentoniidae]]: (1 species), aye-aye (Madagascar area) ****Family [[Lorisidae]]: (9 species), lorises and potto (Africa and Southeast Asia) ****Family [[Galagidae]]: (19 species), galagos (Africa) [[File:Capuchin Costa Rica.jpg|thumb|right|199px|[[Capuchin monkey]] (Cebid)]] ****Family [[Tarsiidae]]: (9 species), tarsiers (Southeast Asia) ****Family [[Callitrichidae]]: (41 species), marmosets and tamarins (South America) ****Family [[Cebidae]]: (14 species), New World monkeys (South America) ****Family [[Cercopithecidae]]: (137 species), Old World monkeys (Africa and Eurasia) ****Family [[Hylobatidae]]: (14 species), gibbons (Southeast Asia) ****Family [[Hominidae]]: (8 species), great apes (worldwide) *Superorder [[Glires]] **Order [[Lagomorpha]]: pikas, rabbits, hares (Eurasia, Africa, Americas) [[File:Arctic Hare 1.jpg|thumb|right|199px|[[Arctic hare]] ([[Leporidae|Leporid]])]] ***Family [[Leporidae]]: (60 species), rabbits and hares (Eurasia, Africa, Americas) ***Family [[Ochotonidae]]: (30 species), pikas (Holarctic) **Order [[Rodent]]ia: rodents (cosmopolitan) ***Suborder [[Castorimorpha]] ****Family [[Castoridae]]: (2 species) beavers (Holarctic) ****Family [[Geomyidae]]: (about 35 species) pocket gophers (North America) ****Family [[Heteromyidae]]: (about 59 species) kangaroo rats and kangaroo mice (North America) ***Suborder [[Myomorpha]] ****Family [[Dipodidae]]: (33 species) jerboas (Africa, Eurasia, North America) ****Family [[Zapodidae]]: (11 species) jumping mice (North America, Asia) ****Family [[Sicistidae]]: (19 species) birch mice (Eurasia) ****Family [[Platacanthomyidae]]: (3 species) spiny dormouse (Southeast Asia) ****Family [[Spalacidae]]: (37 species) zokors, root rats, blind mole rats (Africa, Eurasia) ****Family [[Calomyscidae]]: (8 species) mouse-like hamsters (Asia) ****Family [[Nesomyidae]]: (68 species) old endemic African muroids (Africa, Madagascar) ****Family [[Cricetidae]]: (about 580 species) hamsters, voles, and New World rats and mice (Holarctic, South America) ****Family [[Muridae]]: (about 1,383 species) Old World rats and mice and gerbils (Africa, Eurasia, Australia) ***Suborder [[Anomaluromorpha]] ****Family [[Anomaluridae]]: (6 species) scaly-tailed flying squirrels (Africa) ****Family [[Pedetidae]]: (2 species) springhares or springhaas (Africa) ***Suborder [[Hystricomorpha]] ****Family [[Ctenodactylidae]]: (5 species) gundis (Africa, Asia) ****Family [[Diatomyidae]]: (1 species) Laotian rock rat (Southeast Asia) ****Family [[Hystricidae]]: (11 Species) Old World porcupines (Africa, Asia) ****Family [[Bathyergidae]]: (about 21 species) African mole-rats (Africa) ****Family [[Petromuridae]]: (1 species) rock dassies (Africa) ****Family [[Thryonomyidae]]: (2 species) cane rats (Africa) ****Family [[Erethizontidae]]: (19 species) New World porcupines (New World) ****Family [[Chinchillidae]]: (3 species) chinchillas and viscachas (South America) ****Family [[Dinomyidae]]: (1 species) pacarana (South America) ****Family [[Caviidae]]: (18 species) cavies and capybara (South America) ****Family [[Dasyproctidae]]: (13 species) agoutis and acouchis (South America) ****Family [[Cuniculidae]]: (about 3 species) paca (South America) ****Family [[Ctenomyidae]]: (about 60 species) tuco-tucos (South America) ****Family [[Octodontidae]]: (14 species) degus (South America) ****Family [[Abrocomidae]]: (9 species) chinchilla-rats (South America) ****Family [[Echimyidae]]: spiny rats (South America) ****Family [[Capromyidae]]: (10 species) hutias (South America) ****Family [[Heptaxodontidae]]: giant hutias (recently extinct) ****Family [[Myocastoridae]]: (57 species) nutrias (South America) ***Suborder [[Sciuromorpha]] [[File:Aplodontia.jpg|thumb|right|199px|Mountain beaver (''Aplodont'')]] ****Family [[Aplodontiidae]]: (1 species) mountain beaver (western North America) ****Family [[Sciuridae]]: (about 285 species) squirrels, chipmunks, and marmots (cosmopolitan except Australia) ****Family [[Gliridae]]: (29 species) dormice (Africa, Eurasia) ====[[Laurasiatheria]]==== *Order [[Eulipotyphla]] **Family [[Solenodontidae]]: (2 species) solenodons (Cuba, Hispaniola) **Family [[Nesophontidae]]: nesophontes (West Indies shrews) (recently extinct) **Family [[Soricidae]]: (385 species) shrews (Eurasia, Africa, North America to northern South America) **Family [[Talpidae]]: (59 species) moles, shrew-moles, desmans (Eurasia, North America) **Family [[Erinaceidae]]: (26 species) hedgehogs, gymnures (Eurasia, Africa) **Family [[Galericidae]]: (8 species) moonrats (southeast Asia) *Grandorder [[Chiroptera]] <!-- used for both ranks, following reference noted in citation needed --> **Order [[Chiroptera]]: bats ***Suborder Yinpterochiroptera ****Family [[Pteropodidae]]: (about 197 species) flying foxes (Africa, Eurasia, Australia) ****Family [[Hipposideridae]]: (84 species) trident bats, leaf-nosed bats ****Family [[Rhinolophidae]]: (106 species) horseshoe bats (Old World) ****Family [[Rhinopomatidae]]: (6 species) mouse-tailed bats (Africa, Southeast Asia) ****Family [[Craseonycteridae]]: (1 species) Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Thailand) ****Family [[Megadermatidae]]: (6 species) false vampire bats (Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia) ***Suborder Yangochiroptera ****Family [[Emballonuridae]]: (54 species) sac-winged bats (southern continents) ****Family [[Nycteridae]]: (about 15 species) slit-faced bats (Africa, Southeast Asia) ****Family [[Mystacinidae]]: (about 2 species) short-tailed bats (New Zealand) ****Family [[Thyropteridae]]: (5 species) disk-winged bats (South America) ****Family [[Furipteridae]]: (2 species) smoky bats (South America) ****Family [[Noctilionidae]]: (2 species) fishing bats (South America) ****Family [[Mormoopidae]]: (about 11 species) leaf-chinned bats (South America) ****Family [[Phyllostomidae]]: (192 species) leaf-nosed bats (South America) ****Family [[Myzopodidae]]: (2 species) sucker-footed bats (Madagascar) ****Family [[Natalidae]]: (10 species) funnel-eared bats (South America) ****Family [[Molossidae]]: (about 110 species) free-tailed bats (cosmopolitan) ****Family [[Miniopteridae]]: (about 40 species) long-fingered bats (Africa, Eurasia, Australia) ****Family [[Cistugidae]]: (2 species) wing-gland bats (Southern Africa) ****Family [[Vespertilionidae]]: (over 300 species) vesper bats (cosmopolitan) *Grandorder [[Ferae]] **Order [[Pholidota]] ***Family [[Manidae]]: (about 8 species) pangolins, scaly anteaters (Africa, South Asia) **Order [[Carnivora]]: carnivorans (cosmopolitan) ***Suborder [[Feliformia]] ****Family [[Nandiniidae]]: (4 species) African palm civet (Central Africa) ****Family [[Prionodontidae]]: (2 species) Asiatic linsangs (Southeast Asia) ****Family [[Felidae]]: (41 species) cats (cosmopolitan except Australia) ****Family [[Viverridae]]: (33 species) civets, Asiatic palm civets (Africa, Southern Europe, Southeast Asia) ****Family [[Herpestidae]]: (34 species) mongooses (Africa, Asia, Southern Europe) ****Family [[Eupleridae]]: (10 species) Malagasy carnivorans (Madagascar) ****Family [[Hyaenidae]]: (4 species) hyaenas, aardwolf (Africa) ***Suborder [[Caniformia]] ****Family [[Canidae]]: (38 species) dogs (cosmopolitan) ****Family [[Ursidae]]: (8 species) bears (Europe, Asia, New World) ****Family [[Otariidae]]: (15 species) eared seals (cosmopolitan except North Atlantic) ****Family [[Odobenidae]]: (1 species) walrus (Northern North American, Northern Europe, Northern Asia) ****Family [[Phocidae]]: (18 species) true seals (cosmopolitan) ****Family [[Ailuridae]]: (1 species) red panda (South-Central Asia) ****Family [[Mephitidae]]: (12 species) skunks (Southeast Asia, New World) ****Family [[Mustelidae]]: (about 69 species) weasels and relatives (cosmopolitan except Australia) ****Family [[Procyonidae]]: (14 species) ringtails, olingos, kinkajou, raccoons, coatis (New World) *Grandorder [[Euungulata]] **Order [[Perissodactyla]]: odd-toed ungulates ***Family [[Equidae]]: (13 species) horses, zebras, donkeys (Africa, West and Central Asia) ***Family [[Tapiridae]]: (3 species) tapirs (Central and South America, Southeast Asia) ***Family [[Rhinocerotidae]]: (5 species) rhinoceroses (Africa, Southeast Asia) **Order [[Artiodactyla]]: even-toed ungulates (now includes [[cetacea]]ns) ***Suborder [[Suiformes]] ****Family [[Suidae]]: (18 species) pigs (Africa, Eurasia) [[File:Sow with piglet.jpg|200px|thumb|Pig and piglet]] ****Family [[Tayassuidae]]: (about 3 species) peccaries (New World) ***Suborder [[Tylopoda]] ****Family [[Camelidae]]: (7 species) camels (South America, Asia) ***Suborder [[Ruminantia]] ****Family [[Tragulidae]]: (10 species) mouse-deer (Africa, Asia) ****Family [[Antilocapridae]]: (1 species) pronghorn (North America) ****Family [[Giraffidae]]: (2-9 species) giraffe and okapi (Africa) [[File:Giraffen.jpg|200px|thumb|Giraffe]] ****Family [[Cervidae]]: (26 species) deer (Holarctic, South America) ****Family [[Moschidae]]: (7 species) musk deer (Asia) [[File:Muntjac deer.JPG|199px|thumb|right|Muntjac deer]] ****Family [[Bovidae]]: (143 species) cattle, antelope, sheep, etc. (Africa, Holarctic) [[File:Pair of Icelandic Sheep.jpg|thumb|200px|Pair of Icelandic sheep]] ***Suborder [[Whippomorpha]] ****Family [[Hippopotamidae]]: (2 species) hippos (Africa) ****Infraorder [[Cetacea]] *****Parvorder [[Mysticeti]] ******Family [[Balaenopteridae]]: (10 species) rorquals and grey whales (cosmopolitan) ******Family [[Balaenidae]]: (4 species) right and bowhead whales (polar and temperate waters) ******Family [[Eschrichtiidae]]: (1 species) gray whale (North Pacific and North Atlantic) ******Family [[Neobalaenidae]]: (1 species) pygmy right whales (southern hemisphere) *****Parvorder [[Odontoceti]] ******Family [[Delphinidae]]: (about 37 species) dolphins (cosmopolitan) ******Family [[Monodontidae]]: (2 species) beluga and narwhal (Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific) ******Family [[Phocoenidae]]: (8 species) porpoises (cosmopolitan) ******Family [[Physeteridae]]: (3 species) sperm whales (cosmopolitan) ******Family [[Kogiidae]]: (2 species) dwarf sperm whales (cosmopolitan) ******Family [[Platanistidae]]: (2 species) South Asian river dolphin (Southern Asia) ******Family [[Iniidae]]: (1-4 species) Amazon River dolphin (South America) ******Family [[Pontoporiidae]]: (1 species) La Plata River dolphin (South America) ******Family [[Lipotidae]]: baiji<!--need citation to add this new family---> ******Family [[Ziphiidae]]: (24 species) beaked whales (cosmopolitan)
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