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Mammalian Orders
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Didelphimorphia | These are the possums and their kin |
| Paucituberculata | Shrew opossums or rat opossums |
| Microbiotheria | Dromiciops |
| Notoryctemorphia | Marsupial moles |
| Dasyuromorphia | Thylacinidae: Tasmanian Wolf, Myrmecobiidae: Numbat or Banded Anteater, Dasyuridae: Marsupial mice, Marsupial cats, Tasmanian devil |
| Peramelemorphia | Bandicoots |
| Diprotodontia | Phascolarctidae (Koalas), Vombatidae (wombats), Macropodidae (kangaroos) |
| Afrosoricida | Tenrecs (Madagascar) and golden moles (Africa) |
| Macroscelidea | Elephant shrews (Africa) |
| Tubulidentata | Aardvarks (Africa) |
| Hyracoidea | Hyraxes |
| Proboscidea | Elephants |
| Sirenia | Dugongs and manatees |
| Cingulata | Armadillos. Southern U.S., Central and South America |
| Pilosa | Sloths and anteaters |
| Scandentia | Tree shrews |
| Dermoptera | Colugos or flying lemurs |
| Primates | Gorilla, chimpanzees, lemurs, monkeys, humans, aye-aye, tarsiers, gibbons |
| Rodentia | mice, rats, porcupines, beavers, squirrels, voles, chinchillas |
| Lagomorpha | Hares, rabbits, pika |
| Erinaceomorpha | Hedgehogs |
| Soricomorpha | Shrews, moles, solenodonts, Nesophontes (now presumably extinct) |
| Chiroptera | Bats |
| Pholidota | Pangolins |
| Carnivora | cats, dogs, weasels, skunks, otters, bears, raccoons, seals, sea lions, walrus |
| Perissodactyla | Horses, rhinoceroses, tapirs |
| Artiodactyla | Pigs, peccaries, hippopotamuses, cows, sheep, deer, camels, giraffes, antelopes |
| Cetacea | Whales, porpoises, and dolphins |