Can you name the Mammal Families? by laduec

Members	Family	Literal Translation
Elephant-shrews		'large leg'
Camels, llamas		'camel'
Weasels, otters, wolverines		'weasel'
Mongooses		'creeper'
Pocket mice and kangaroo rats		'other mouse'
Rorquals		'winged whale'
Kangaroos, wallaroos, wallabies		'big foot'
Pangolins, scaly anteaters		'ghost'
Skunks		'bad odor'
Chevrotains		'little goat'
Galagos and bushbabies		'monkey'
Giraffes, okapis		'giraffe'
Dwarf lemurs		'hand weasel'
Sea lions and fur seals		'ear'
Phalangers		'toe bone'
Hippopotamuses		'river horse'
Night monkeys		'earless'
Colocolo		'small living animal'
Right whales		'whale'
River dolphins		'flat fish'
Pikas		'pika'
Chinchillas, viscachas		'chinchilla'
African mole-rats		'deep worker'
Beavers		'beaver'
Musk deer		'musk'
Dogs, foxes		'dog'
Uakaris, sakis, and titi monkeys		'ape'
Squirrels, marmots		'squirrel'
Rhinoceroses		'nose horn'
Large lemurs		'ghost shape'
Deer		'stag; deer'
Humans and great apes		'man'
Marine dolphins		'dolphin'

Members	Family	Literal Translation
Marmosets and tamarins		'beautiful hair'
Gibbons and siamangs		'forest walker'
Cats		'cat'
Walruses		'tooth walker'
Echidnas		'fast tongue'
Gliders and striped possums		'vaulter'
Lorises and pottos		'clown'
Beaked whales		'sword'
Elephants		'elephant'
Jerboas, jumping mice		'two foot'
Moles, desmans		'mole'
Pocket gophers		'earth mouse'
Grey whales		named after DF Eschricht
Seals		'seal'
Tree shrews		'squirrel-like'
Sportive lemurs		'hare lemur'
Pacarana		'terrible mouse'
Platypus		'bird beak'
Hyraxes		'before rodent'
Two-toed sloths		'huge nail'
Spider and howler monkeys		'imperfect'
Aye-ayes		after LJM Daubenton
Cattle, antelopes, sheep, goats		'ox'
Tapirs		'tapir'
Silky anteaters		'circle foot'
Tarsiers		'flat of foot'
Pronghorns		'antelope goat'
Peccaries		'peccary'
Sperm whales		'blow-pipe'
Horses		'horse'
Hedgehogs, moonrats		'hedgehog'
Colobus monkeys		'Colobus'
Leaping lemurs		'look'

Members	Family	Literal Translation
Old world mice, rats, gerbils		'mouse'
Shrews		'shrew-mouse'
American opposums		'two wombs'
African palm civets		'palm civet'
Green monkeys, macaques, and baboons		'tail ape'
Armadillos		'hairy-foot'
Numbat		'ant living'
Porpoises		'porpoise'
Pigs		'pig'
Old world fruit bats		'winged foot'
Capuchins and squirrel monkeys		'monkey'
Degus, viscacha rats		'eight tooth'
Malagasy carnivores		'complete'
Wombats		'wombat'
Feathertail and pygmy gliders		'high walker'
Three-toed sloths		'slow foot'
American anteaters		'ant eater'
African rock rats		'rock mouse'
Agoutis, acuchis		'hairy rump'
Colugos		'dog head'
Hyenas		'hyena'
Bears		'bear'
Guinea pigs, cavies, maras		'cavy'
Narwhals, belugas		'single tooth'
Lesser panda		'cat bear'
Civets, binturongs		'ferret'
Raccoons, kinkajous		'before dog'
Rabbits, hares		'hare'
Honey possums		'flat foot'
Marsupial mice and carnivores		'hairy tail'
Koalas		'leather bag bear'

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