Term
Order: Carnivora
Families:
1) Canidae
2) Ursidae
3) Herpestidae(herpestes - a creeper)
4) Otariidae
5) Phocidae
6) Odobenidae
7) Procyonidae
8) Mustelidae
9) Hyaenidae
10) Mephitidae
11) Felidae |
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Definition
| Range: All regions
Common names:
1) Dogs, foxes, wolves, jackels
2) Bears
3) mongooses
4) sea lions
5) earless seals
6) walrus
7) coatis, racoons
8) weasels, otters, badgers
9) Hyaenas
10) Skunks
11) cats |
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Term
Order: Hyracoidea
Family: Procaiidae |
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Definition
| Range: Ethiopian & south-central Paleartic
Common names: hyraxes
Characteristics: Herbivores |
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Term
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae |
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Definition
Range: Ethiopian, Oriental
Common Name: Elephants |
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Term
Order: Sirenia (siren - a mermaid (Gr))
Families:
1) Trichechidae (trikhos - hair; ekho - I have)
2) Dugongidae |
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Definition
Range: mostly neotropical, Ethiopean, Oriental
Common Names:
1) Manatees
2) Dugongs or Sea Cows |
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Term
Order: Perrosdactyla (perissos - strange/odd; dactulos - finger or toe)
Families:
1)Equidae
2)Rhinocerotidae
3)Tapiridae |
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Definition
Range: Ethiopian, Paleartic, Neotropical
Common Names:
1) zebras, asses, horses
2) rhinos
3) tapirs |
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Term
Order: Artiodactyla (artios - even, complete; dactulos - finger or toe)
Families:
1) Suidae
2) Hippopotamidae
3) Camelidae
4) Cervidae
5) Giraffidae
6) Antilocapridae
7) Bovidae
8) Tragulidae
9) Tayassuidae |
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Definition
Range: All regions except Australian
Common Names:
1) hogs
2) hippos
3) llamas and camels
4) deer
5) giraffe
6) pronghorn
7) sheep, goats, antelope, cattle
8) chevrotain or mouse-deer
9) peccary |
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Term
Order: Monotremata
Families:
1) Ornithorhynchidae (Ornithos - a bird, rhunkhos - a bill or snout)
2) Tachyglossidae (takhus - fast, glossa - tongue) |
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Definition
Range: Australian. Restricted to the islands of Tasmania, New Guinea, and Australia
Common Names:
1) platypus
2) echidnas |
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Term
Infraclass: Metatheria
Family:
1) Didelphidae (di - two, delphus - wombs)
2) Caneolestidae (kainos - new, lestes - a robber)
3) Macropodidae (makros - large, long; podos - foot)
4) Dasyuridae (dasus - hairy; oura - tail)
5) Peramelidae (pera - pouch; meles - a badger) |
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Definition
Range: Australian, Neotropical, Neartic
Common Names:
1) opossums
2) rat opossums, shrews
3) wallabies, kangaroos
4) marsupial "cats" & "mice" and Tasmanian devils
5) bandicoots |
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Term
Order: Insectivora
Families:
1) Talipidae
2) Soricidae
3) Erinaceidae
4) Tenrecidae |
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Definition
Range: All regions except Australia
Common names:
1) moles
2) shrews
3) hedgehogs
4) tenrecs |
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Term
Order: Macroscelidea
Family: Macroscelididae (makros - long; skelidos - leg) |
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Definition
Range: Ethiopian
Common name: Elephant shrews (long hind legs, long nose and related more closely to elephants) |
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Term
Order: Chiroptera (kheir - hand, pteron - wings)
Families:
1)Pteropodidae (pteron - wings; podos - foot)
2)Rhinolophidae (rhinos - nose; lophos - a crest)
3)Phyllostomidae (phullon - a leaf, stomatos - mouth)
4)Desmodontidae
5)Emballonuridae
6)Mollosidae (molossos - the wolf-dog)
7)Vespertilionidae (vestipertilio - evening) |
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Definition
Range: All regions
Common names:
1) flying foxes or Old World fruit bats
2)horseshoe bats
3)leaf-nose bats
4)vampire bats
5)sac-winged bats
6)free-tailed bats
7)common bats |
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Term
Order: Dermoptera (derma - skin; pteron - wing)
Family: Cynocephalidae (kunos - dog, kephale - head) |
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Definition
Range: Oriental
Common names: colugos or flying lemurs |
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Term
Order: Primates (primus - first, foremost)
Families:
1) Hominidae
2) Pongidae
3) Cercopithecidae (kerkos - tail; pithekos - an ape)
4) Cebidae (kebos - monkey)
5) Lemuridae (lemure - ghost)
6) Galagonidae (golokh - monkey [Wolof, Western Sudan]) |
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Definition
Range: mostly oriental, Ethiopian, and Neotropical (excluding humans)
Common names:
1) Humans
2) gorilla, chimpanzee, orangutan
3) Old World monkeys
4) New World monkeys
5) lemurs
6) galagos or bush babies |
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Term
Order: Scandentia (scando - to climb)
Family: Tupaidae (tupai - small & squirrel-like [Malayan]) |
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Definition
Range: Oriental
Common Name: tree shrews |
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