Mammal Orders
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14 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Monotremata (Mono-tre-MAH-tah) | Duck billed platypus |
| Echidna (spiny anteater) | (spiny anteater) |
| Marsupialia (mar-soupy-A-lee-uh) | Oppossum, possum, thylacine, numbat, koala, wallaby, kangaroo, wombat, potoroo, bandicoot, ringtail |
| Lagomorpha (LAG-uh-MORF-uh) | Rabbit, hare, pica |
| Rodentia (roe-DEN-shuh) | Mice, rats, squirrels, gophers, porcupines, beavers, capybara |
| Primates (PRY-mates) | Prosimians: lemur, tarsier, loris, aye aye |
| Anthropoids: monkey, ape, gorilla, man | monkey, ape, gorilla, man |
| Chiroptera (kie-RAHP-tuh-ruh) | Flying foxes (fruit bats) vampire bat, little brown bat |
| Insectivora (in-seck-TIV-ur-uh) | Hedgehogs, shrews, moles |
| Carnivora (CARN-ih-VOR-a) | Dog, cat, raccoon, bear, hyena, otter, mink, sea lion, seal, walrus |
| Cetartiodactyla (Set -art-ee-oe-DACL-tuh-luh) | Cattle, camel, giraffe, deer, antelope, llama, pig, buffalo, hippopotamus, whale, porpoise, dolphin |
| Perissodactyla (puh-RISS-uh-DACK-tuh-luh) | Horse, zebra, rhinoceros |
| Sirenia (sie-REEN-ee-uh) | Manatee, siren, dugong, stellar's sea cow |
| Proboscidea (Proe-buh-SID-ee-uh) | Asian elephant, african elephant, mastodon, wooly mammoth |
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