Includes only extant orders. Although most orders require a scientific name, some can be gotten by entering a common name, when it applies to all or most of the order. Enjoy, science people!
Platypus, Echidna (The oldest mammalian order, now extant only in Australia; lay eggs and lack nipples)
Opossum (North American) (Largest non-Australian marsupial)
Shrew Opossum (South American)
Monito del Monte (Only extant species)
Marsupial Mole (Only two species extant; Australian)
Tasmanian Devil, Numbat, recently-extinct Thylacine (Carnivorous Australian marsupials)
Bandicoots, Bilbies
Kangaroos, Wombats, Koalas, Wallabies (contains over 100 species of large, Australian marsupials)
Tenrecs, Golden Moles, Otter Shrews (~50 species
Elephant Shrews (aka Sengis)
Aardvark (Only extant species)
Hyraxes (4-6 extant species)
Elephants (Surprisingly, form a clade with orders 9-14)
Manatees, Dugong (Only 4 extant species)
Armadillos (Most closely related to order 16)
Order
Representative Animals
Sloths, Anteaters
Treeshrews (Not true shrews; contains 20 species that are all native to SE Asia)
Colugos (aka Flying Lemurs, though they are not true lemurs)
Apes, Monkeys, Lemurs, Bushbabies (Most closely related to order 18; contains humans)
Rats, Mice, Gophers, Beavers, Capybara (Largest mammalian order in terms of number of species)
Rabbits, Hares, Pikas (Most closely related to order 20)
Hedgehogs, Gymnures (Forms clade with species 22-29)
Moles, True Shrews (Formerly classed with orders 22, 18, 10, and 9 polyphyletically as Insectivora)
Bats (~ 1,100 species, or about 20% of all mammalian species; one of only three placental orders, along with orders 20 and 26, to reach Australia without human introduction)
Pangolins (aka Scaly Anteaters; contains only one genus comprising eight species; closest relative of order 26)
Cats, Dogs, Bears, Seals, Weasels, Hyenas, Raccoons, Skunks (>250 species, all divided into Caniformia (dog-like) or Feliformia (cat-like))
Horses, Zebras, Tapirs, Rhinoceroses (Surprisingly, more closely related to orders 24, 25, and 26 than the other ungulates)
Giraffes, Hippopotamuses, Pigs, Cows, Deer, Camels, Sheep, Goats, Antelopes (Paraphyletic without including order 29)
Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises, Narwhal (Thought to have arisen from within order 28, forming a clade with the Hippopotamuses)
Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises, Narwhal (Thought to have arisen from within order 28, forming a clade with the Hippopotamuses)
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