List of mammal genera

There are currently 1,258 genera, 161 families, 27 orders, and around 5,937 recognized living species of mammal.[1] Mammalian taxonomy is in constant flux as many new species are described and recategorized within their respective genera and families. The taxonomy represented here is a compilation of the most logical and up-to-date information on mammalian taxonomy from many sources, the main ones being Handbook of the Mammals of the World series and Mammal Species of the World.

Afrosoricida

Suborder Tenrecomorpha

  • Family Tenrecidae – tenrecs and otter shrews
    • Subfamily Geogalinae
      • Genus Geogale – long-eared tenrec
    • Subfamily Oryzorictinae
      • Genus Microgale – shrew tenrecs
      • Genus Nesogale – shrew tenrecs
      • Genus Oryzorictes – rice tenrecs
    • Subfamily Tenrecinae
      • Genus Echinops – lesser hedgehog tenrec
      • Genus Hemicentetes – streaked tenrec
      • Genus Setifer – greater hedgehog tenrec
      • Genus Tenrec – common tenrec
  • Family Potamogalidae
    • Genus Micropotamogale – otter shrews
    • Genus Potamogale – giant otter shrew

Suborder Chrysochloridea

  • Family Chrysochloridae – golden moles
    • Subfamily Chrysochlorinae
      • Genus Carpitalpa – Arend's golden mole
      • Genus Chlorotalpa – forty-toothed golden moles
      • Genus Chrysochloris – Cape golden moles
      • Genus Chrysospalax – giant golden moles
      • Genus Cryptochloris – cryptic golden moles
      • Genus Eremitalpa – Grant's golden mole
    • Subfamily Amblysominae
      • Genus Amblysomus – narrow-headed golden moles
      • Genus Calcochloris – yellow golden moles
      • Genus Huetia - Congo golden mole
      • Genus Neamblysomus – lesser narrow-headed golden moles

Carnivora

The order Carnivora is represented by 16 families of mostly carnivorous and omnivorous mammals found worldwide terrestrially and in marine waters of the poles and some areas of the tropics. Divided into two large suborders, Caniformia (Canidae, Ursidae, Ailuridae, Procyonidae, Mephitidae, Mustelidae, and the Pinnipeds, Otariidae, Phocidae, and Odobenidae) and Feliformia (Nandiniidae, Felidae, Prionodontidae, Viverridae, Hyaenidae, Herpestidae, and Eupleridae), the order contains about 289 recognized species, along with 4 recently extinct species, one of which is included in its own monotypic genus, Dusicyon. Tribe and subfamily taxonomy comes mostly from the first volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of the World on carnivores for the terrestrial species, and the 4th volume on marine mammals for the 3 marine families.

Suborder Caniformia

Suborder Feliformia

Cetartiodactyla

Cetartiodactyla is a large order of hoofed mammals, the even-toed ungulates, and aquatic mammals, cetaceans. Cetacea was found to be nested within "Artiodactlya" and has now been moved into that order, whose name is now Cetartiodactyla[2] Even-toed ungulates are found nearly world-wide, although no species are native to Australia or Antarctica. Broken into four suborders, Tylopoda (including Camelidae), Suina (including Suidae and Tayassuidae), Whippomorpha (including Hippopotamidae and the infraorder Cetacea), and Ruminantia, which contains two infraorders, Tragulina (including Tragulidae) and Pecora (including Moschidae, Cervidae, Bovidae, Antilocapridae, and Giraffidae). The higher taxonomy used for the ungulates of this order is based primarily on the Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 2 on hoofed mammals, including the subfamily and tribal affiliations in each family. The order includes about 242 recognized ungulate species, along with 6 recently extinct species. Groves and Grubbs Taxonomy of Ungulates[3] is used as a minor reference for the Bovids. Cetacea contains Balaenopteridae) and Odontoceti (including Physeteridae, Kogiidae, Ziphiidae, Platanistidae, Iniidae, Lipotidae, Pontoporiidae, Monodontidae, Delphinidae, and Phocoenidae), which include a total of 14 families, most of which have few representative species. The taxonomy here is exemplified by the 4th volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of the World on marine mammals.

Suborder Tylopoda

Suborder Suina

Suborder Whippomorpha

Suborder Ruminantia

Chiroptera

The order Chiroptera comprises bats and is the second largest order of mammals, containing about 1,240 species of bats, which is around 20% of all mammal species.

Suborder Yangochiroptera

  • Family Emballonuridae – sac-winged bats
    • Genus Balantiopteryx
    • Genus Centronycteris – shaggy bats
    • Genus Coleura
    • Genus Cormura – chestnut sac-winged bat
    • Genus Cyttarops – short-eared bat
    • Genus Diclidurus – ghost bats
    • Genus Emballonura – sheath-tailed bats
    • Genus Mosia – dark sheath-tailed bat
    • Genus Paremballonura – Peter's sheath-tailed bat
    • Genus Peropteryx – dog-like bats
    • Genus Rhynchonycteris – proboscis bat
    • Genus Saccolaimus – pouched bats
    • Genus Saccopteryx
    • Genus Taphozous – tomb bats
  • Family Furipteridae
    • Genus Amorphochilus – smoky bat
    • Genus Furipterus – thumbless bat
  • Family Miniopteridae
  • Family Molossidae – free-tailed bats
    • Subfamily Molossinae
      • Genus Austronomus – Australasian free-tailed bats
      • Genus Chaerephon – lesser mastiff bats
      • Genus Cheiromeles – naked bats
      • Genus Cynomops – dog-faced bats
      • Genus Eumops – bonneted bats
      • Genus Mormopterus
      • Genus Molossops – broad-faced bats
      • Genus Molossus – velvety free-tailed bats
      • Genus Mops – greater mastiff bats
      • Genus Myopterus – African free-tailed bats
      • Genus Neoplatymops
      • Genus Nyctinomops – New World free-tailed bats
      • Genus Otomops – big-eared free-tailed bats
      • Genus Platymops – Peters's flat-headed bat
      • Genus Promops – domed-palate mastiff bats
      • Genus Sauromys – Roberts's flat-headed bat
      • Genus Tadarida – common free-tailed bats
    • Subfamily Tomopeatinae
  • Family Mormoopidae
    • Genus Mormoops – ghost-faced bats
    • Genus Pteronotus – mustached bats and naked-backed bats
  • Family Mystacinidae – New Zealand short-tailed bats
    • Genus Mystacina
  • Family Myzopodidae – sucker-footed bats
    • Genus Myzopoda
  • Family Natalidae – funnel-eared bats
    • Genus Chilonatalus
    • Genus Natalus
    • Genus Nyctiellus – Gervais's funnel-eared bat
    • Genus †PrimonatalusPrimonatalus prattae
  • Family Noctilionidae – bulldog bats
  • Family Nycteridae – hollow-faced bats
  • Family Phyllostomidae – leaf-nosed bats
    • Subfamily Brachyphyllinae
    • Subfamily Carolliinae
      • Genus Carollia – short-tailed leaf-nosed bats
      • Genus Rhinophylla – little fruit bats
    • Subfamily Desmodontinae – vampire bats
      • Genus Desmodus
      • Genus Diaemus – white-winged vampire bat
      • Genus Diphylla – hairy-legged vampire bat
    • Subfamily Glossophaginae
      • Tribe Glossophagini
        • Genus Anoura – Geoffroy's long-nosed bats
        • Genus Choeroniscus
        • Genus Choeronycteris – Mexican long-tongued bat
        • Genus Dryadonycteris
        • Genus Glossophaga – various long-tongued bats
        • Genus Hylonycteris – Underwood's long-tongued bat
        • Genus Leptonycteris – Saussure's long-nosed bats
        • Genus Lichonycteris – dark long-tongued bat
        • Genus Monophyllus – Antillean long-tongued bats
        • Genus Musonycteris – banana bat
        • Genus Scleronycteris – Ega long-tongued bat
      • Tribe Lonchophyllini
        • Genus Lionycteris – chestnut long-tongued bat
        • Genus Lonchophylla – nectar bats
        • Genus Platalina – long-snouted bat
        • Genus Xeronycteris – Vieira's long-tongued bat
    • Subfamily Phyllonycterinae
      • Genus Erophylla – brown flower bats
      • Genus Phyllonycteris – Jamaican flower bats
    • Subfamily Phyllostominae
      • Tribe Micronycterini
        • Genus Glyphonycteris
        • Genus Lampronycteris – yellow-throated big-eared bat
        • Genus Macrotus – leaf-nosed bats
        • Genus Micronycteris – little big-eared bats
        • Genus Neonycteris – least big-eared bat
        • Genus Trinycteris – Niceforo's big-eared bat
      • Tribe Vampyrini
        • Genus Chrotopterus – big-eared woolly bat
        • Genus Lophostoma – some round-eared bats
        • Genus Tonatia – more round-eared bats
        • Genus Trachops – fringe-lipped bat
        • Genus Vampyrum – spectral bat
      • Tribe Lonchorhinini
        • Genus Lonchorhina – sword-nosed bats
        • Genus Macrophyllum – long-legged bat
        • Genus Mimon – Gray's spear-nosed bats
      • Tribe Phyllostomatini
    • Subfamily Stenodermatinae
      • Genus Ametrida – little white-shouldered bat
      • Genus Ardops – tree bat
      • Genus Ariteus – Jamaican fig-eating bat
      • Genus Artibeus – Neotropical fruit bats
      • Genus Centurio – wrinkle-faced bat
      • Genus Chiroderma – big-eyed bats
      • Genus Ectophylla – Honduran white bat
      • Genus Enchisthenes – velvety fruit-eating bat
      • Genus Mesophylla – MacConnell's bat
      • Genus Phyllops – Cuban fig-eating bat
      • Genus Platyrrhinus – broad-nosed bats
      • Genus Pygoderma – Ipanema bat
      • Genus Sphaeronycteris – visored bat
      • Genus Stenoderma – red fruit bat
      • Genus Sturnira – yellow-shouldered bats
      • Genus Uroderma – tent-making bats
      • Genus Vampyressa – yellow-eared bats
      • Genus Vampyriscus – yellow-eared bats
      • Genus Vampyrodes – great stripe-faced bat
  • Family Thyropteridae – disk-winged bats
  • Family Cistugidae
    • Genus Cistugo – wing-gland bats
  • Family Vespertilionidae – vesper bats
    • Subfamily Kerivoulinae
      • Genus Kerivoula – painted bats
      • Genus Phoniscus – trumpet-eared bats
    • Subfamily Murininae
      • Genus Harpiocephalus – hairy-winged bats
      • Genus Harpiola
      • Genus Murina – tube-nosed insectivorous bats
    • Subfamily Myotinae
      • Genus Myotis – mouse-eared bats
      • Genus Eudiscopus – disk-footed bat
      • Genus Submyotodon – broad-muzzled bats
    • Subfamily Vespertilioninae
      • Tribe Antrozoini
      • Tribe Eptesicini
        • Genus Arielulus
        • Genus Eptesicus – house bats
        • Genus Glauconycteris – butterfly bats
        • Genus Hesperoptenus – false serotine bats
        • Genus Histiotus – big-eared brown bats
        • Genus Ia – great evening bat
        • Genus Lasionycteris – silver-haired bat
        • Genus Scoteanax – Rüppell's broad-nosed bat
        • Genus Scotomanes – harlequin bat
        • Genus Scotorepens – lesser broad-nosed bats
        • Genus Thainycteris
      • Tribe Lasiurini
        • Genus Aeorestes – hoary bats
        • Genus Dasypterus – yellow bats
        • Genus Lasiurus – hairy-tailed bats
      • Tribe Nycticeiini
        • Genus Nycticeius – evening bats
      • Tribe Perimyotini
      • Tribe Pipistrellini
        • Genus Glischropus – thick-thumbed bats
        • Genus Nyctalus – noctule bats
        • Genus Pipistrellus – some of the pipistrelle bats
        • Genus Scotoecus – house bats
        • Genus Scotozous – Dormer's bat
        • Genus Vansonia – Rüppell's pipistrelle
      • Tribe Plecotini
        • Genus Barbastella – barbastelles
        • Genus Corynorhinus – American lump-nosed bats
        • Genus Euderma – spotted bat
        • Genus Idionycteris – Allen's big-eared bat
        • Genus Otonycteris – desert long-eared bat
        • Genus Plecotus – lump-nosed bats
      • Tribe Scotophilini
      • Tribe Vespertilionini
        • Genus Afronycteris
        • Genus Cassistrellus – helmeted bats
        • Genus Chalinolobus – wattled bats
        • Genus Falsistrellus
        • Genus Hypsugo – Asian pipistrelles
        • Genus Laephotis – long-eared bats
        • Genus Mimetillus – Moloney's mimic bat
        • Genus Mirostrellus – Joffre's bat
        • Genus Neoromicia
        • Genus Nycticeinops – Schlieffen's bat
        • Genus Nyctophilus – New Guinean and Australian big-eared bats
        • Genus Pharotis – New Guinea big-eared bat
        • Genus Pseudoromicia – Sub-Saharan vesper bats (serotines)
        • Genus Philetor – Rohu's bat
        • Genus Tylonycteris – bamboo bats
        • Genus Vespadelus – includes forest bats
        • Genus Vespertilio – frosted bats
      • Tribe incertae sedis
        • Genus Rhyneptesicus – Sind bat

Suborder Yinpterochiroptera

  • Family Craseonycteridae – Kitti's hog-nosed bat (also known as the bumblebee bat)
  • Family Hipposideridae – Old World leaf-nosed bats
    • Genus Anthops – flower-faced bat
    • Genus Asellia
    • Genus Aselliscus – 3 trident bat species
    • Genus Coelops – tailless leaf-nosed bats
    • Genus Hipposideros – roundleaf bats
    • Genus Macronycteris
  • Family Megadermatidae – false vampire bats
    • Genus Cardioderma – heart-nosed bat
    • Genus Lavia – yellow-winged bat
    • Genus Macroderma – ghost bat
    • Genus Megaderma – lesser and greater false vampire bats
    • Genus Eudiscoderma – Thongaree's disc-nosed bat
  • Family Pteropodidae – megabats
    • Subfamily Cynopterinae
      • Genus Aethalops – pygmy fruit bats
      • Genus Alionycteris – Mindanao pygmy fruit bat
      • Genus Balionycteris – spot-winged fruit bat
      • Genus Chironax – black-capped fruit bat
      • Genus Cynopterus – short-nosed fruit bats
      • Genus Dyacopterus – dayak fruit bats
      • Genus Haplonycteris – Fischer's pygmy fruit bat
      • Genus Latidens – Salim Ali's fruit bat
      • Genus Megaerops
      • Genus Otopteropus – Luzon fruit bat
      • Genus Penthetor – dusky fruit bat
      • Genus Ptenochirus – musky fruit bats
      • Genus Sphaerias – Blanford's fruit bat
      • Genus Thoopterus – swift fruit bat
    • Subfamily Eidolinae
      • Genus Eidolon – straw-colored fruit bats
    • Subfamily Harpiyonycterinae
      • Genus Aproteles – Bulmer's fruit bat
      • Genus Boneia
      • Genus Dobsonia – naked-backed fruit bats
      • Genus Harpyionycteris – harpy fruit bats
    • Subfamily Nyctimeninae
      • Genus Nyctimene – tube-nosed fruit bats
      • Genus Paranyctimene
    • Subfamily Pteropodinae
      • Genus Melonycteris
      • Tribe Pteropodini
        • Genus Acerodon
        • Genus Pteralopex – monkey-faced bats
        • Genus Pteropus – flying foxes
        • Genus Styloctenium – stripe-faced fruit bats
    • Subfamily Rousettinae
      • Tribe Eonycterini
        • Genus Eonycteris – dawn fruit bats
      • Tribe Epomophorini
        • Genus Epomophorus – epauletted fruit bats
        • Genus Epomops – epauletted bats
        • Genus Hypsignathus – hammer-headed bat
        • Genus Micropteropus – dwarf epauletted bats
        • Genus Nanonycteris – Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted fruit bat
      • Tribe incertae sedis
        • Genus Pilonycteris – Sulawesi fruit bat
      • Tribe Myonycterini
        • Genus Megaloglossus – Woermann's bat
        • Genus Myonycteris – little collared fruit bats
      • Tribe Plerotini
        • Genus Plerotes – D'Anchieta's fruit bat
      • Tribe Rousettini
      • Tribe Scotonycterini
        • Genus Casinycteris – short-palated fruit bat
        • Genus Scotonycteris
      • Tribe Stenonycterini
    • Subfamily incertae sedis
      • Genus Notopteris – long-tailed fruit bats
      • Genus Mirimiri – Fijian monkey-faced bat
      • Genus Neopteryx – small-toothed fruit bat
      • Genus Desmalopex – white-winged flying foxes
      • Tribe Macroglossini
  • Family Rhinolophidae – horseshoe bats
  • Family Rhinopomatidae – mouse-tailed bats
  • Family Rhinonycteridae
    • Genus Cloeotis – Percival's trident bat
    • Genus Paratriaenops
    • Genus Rhinonicteris – orange leaf-nosed bat
    • Genus Triaenops

Cingulata

  • Family Chlamyphoridae – fairy armadillos, giant armadillos, and more
    • Subfamily Chlamyphorinae – fairy armadillos
    • Subfamily Euphractinae
      • Genus Chaetophractus – hairy armadillo
      • Genus Euphractus – six-banded armadillo
      • Genus Zaedyus – pichi
    • Subfamily Tolypeutinae
  • Family Dasypodidae
    • Genus Dasypus – long-nosed armadillos

Dasyuromorphia

The order Dasyuromorphia (meaning "hairy tail") comprises most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, the Tasmanian devil, and the thylacine. There are 73 living species in this order, 72 of which belong to the family Dasyuridae and the numbat, of the family Myrmecobiidae.

  • Family Dasyuridae – sometimes known as marsupial mice
    • Subfamily Dasyurinae
      • Tribe Dasyurini
      • Tribe Phascogalini
        • Genus Antechinus – pouched mice
        • Genus Micromurexia – Habbema dasyure
        • Genus Murexechinus – black-tailed dasyure
        • Genus Murexia – short-furred dasyure
        • Genus Paramurexia – broad-striped dasyure
        • Genus Phascomurexia – long-nosed dasyure
        • Genus Phascogale – phascogales, or wambengers
    • Subfamily Sminthopsinae
  • Family Myrmecobiidae

Dermoptera

Colugos are arboreal gliding mammals found in Southeast Asia. Just two extant species, the Sunda flying lemur and the Philippine flying lemur, make up the entire order Dermoptera.

Didelphimorphia

Order Didelphimorphia is composed of 1 family and 18 genera.

Diprotodontia

Suborder Vombatiformes

Suborder Phalangeriformes

Suborder Macropodiformes

Eulipotyphla

Hyracoidea

Lagomorpha

Macroscelidea

Microbiotheria

  • Family Microbiotheriidae

Monotremata

Notoryctemorphia

Paucituberculata

Peramelemorphia

Perissodactyla

Suborder Hippomorpha

Suborder Ceratomorpha

Pholidota

  • Family Manidae - pangolin
    • Genus Manis
    • Genus Phataginus
    • Genus Smutsia

Pilosa

Suborder Vermilingua

Suborder Folivora

Primates

Suborder Haplorhini

Suborder Strepsirrhini

Proboscidea

Rodentia

Suborder Anomaluromorpha

Suborder Castorimorpha

Suborder Hystricomorpha

  • Family Ctenodactylidae
    • Genus Ctenodactylus
    • Genus Felovia - felou gundi
    • Genus Massoutiera - Mzab gundi
    • Genus Pectinator - Speke's pectinator
  • Family Diatomyidae
  • Family Caviidae
  • Family Cuniculidae
  • Family Dasyproctidae
  • Family Abrocomidae
    • Genus Abrocoma - chinchilla rat
    • Genus Cuscomys
  • Family Chinchillidae
  • Family Dinomyidae
  • Family Erethizontidae
    • Genus Chaetomys - bristle-spined rat
    • Genus Coendou - prehensile-tailed porcupine
    • Genus Erethizon - North American porcupine
  • Family Ctenomyidae
  • Family Echimyidae
    • Genus Callistomys - painted tree-rat
    • Genus Carterodon - Owl's spiny rat
    • Genus Clyomys
    • Genus Dactylomys - bamboo-rat
    • Genus Diplomys - soft-furred spiny rat
    • Genus Echimys
    • Genus Euryzygomatomys - guiara
    • Genus Hoplomys - armored rat
    • Genus Isothrix - brush-tailed rat
    • Genus Kannabateomys - Atlantic bamboo rat
    • Genus Lonchothrix - tuft-tailed spiny tree-rat
    • Genus Makalata
    • Genus Mesomys - spiny tree-rat
    • Genus Myocastor - coypu
    • Genus Olallamys
    • Genus Pattonomys
    • Genus Phyllomys
    • Genus Proechimys
    • Genus Thrichomys - punaré
    • Genus Toromys - giant tree-rat
    • Genus Trinomys - Atlantic spiny rat
    • Genus Capromys - Desmarest's hutia
    • Genus Geocapromys - Bahamian and Jamaican hutias
    • Genus Mesocapromys - dwarf hutias
    • Genus Mysateles
    • Genus Plagiodontia - Hispaniolan hutia
  • Family Octodontidae
    • Genus Aconaemys - rock rat
    • Genus Octodon
    • Genus Octodontomys - mountain degu
    • Genus Octomys - mountain viscacha rat
    • Genus Pipanacoctomys - golden viscacha rat
    • Genus Spalacopus - coruro
    • Genus Tympanoctomys - Chalchalero viscacha rat
  • Family Bathyergidae - mole-rat
    • Genus Bathyergus
    • Genus Cryptomys
    • Genus Fukomys
    • Genus Georychus - Cape mole-rat
    • Genus Heliophobius - silvery mole-rat
  • Family Heterocephalidae
  • Family Hystricidae
    • Genus Atherurus - brush-tailed porcupine
    • Genus Hystrix
    • Genus Trichys - long-tailed porcupine
  • Family Petromuridae
    • Genus Petromus - dassie rat
  • Family Thryonomyidae

Suborder Myomorpha

  • Family Dipodidae - jerboa and jumping mouse
    • Genus Dipodidae
    • Genus Allactaga
    • Genus Allactodipus - Bobrinski's jerboa
    • Genus Cardiocranius - five-toed pygmy jerboa
    • Genus Dipus - northern three-toed jerboa
    • Genus Eremodipus - Lichtenstein's jerboa
    • Genus Euchoreutes - long-eared jerboa
    • Genus Jaculus
    • Genus Microdipodops - kangaroo mouse
    • Genus Paradipus - comb-toed jerboa
    • Genus Pygeretmus - fat-tailed jerboa
    • Genus Salpingotulus - Baluchistan pygmy jerboa
    • Genus Salpingotus
    • Genus Stylodipus - three-toed jerboa
  • Family Sminthidae
  • Family Zapodidae
    • Genus Napaeozapus - woodland jumping mouse
    • Genus Eozapus - Chinese jumping mouse
    • Genus Zapus
  • Family Calomyscidae
  • Family Cricetidae
    • Genus Abrawayaomys - Ruschi's rat
    • Genus Abrothrix
    • Genus Aegialomys
    • Genus Aepeomys - montane mouse
    • Genus Akodon - South American grass mouse
    • Genus Allocricetulus - hamster
    • Genus Alticola - vole
    • Genus Amphinectomys - Ucayali water rat
    • Genus Andalgalomys - chaco mouse
    • Genus Andinomys - Andean mouse
    • Genus Anotomys - aquatic rat
    • Genus Arborimus - tree vole
    • Genus Arvicola - water vole
    • Genus Auliscomys - big-eared mouse
    • Genus Baiomys - pygmy mouse
    • Genus Bibimys - crimson-nosed rat
    • Genus Blanfordimys - vole
    • Genus Blarinomys - Brazilian shrew mouse
    • Genus Brucepattersonius - brucie
    • Genus Calomys - vesper mouse
    • Genus Cansumys - Gansu hamster
    • Genus Caryomys
    • Genus Cerradomys
    • Genus Chelemys
    • Genus Chibchanomys - water mouse
    • Genus Chilomys - Colombian forest mouse
    • Genus Chinchillula - Altiplano chinchilla mouse
    • Genus Chionomys - snow vole
    • Genus Clethrionomys
    • Genus Craseomys
    • Genus Cricetulus
    • Genus Cricetus - European hamster
    • Genus Delomys - forest rat
    • Genus Deltamys - Kemp's grass mouse
    • Genus Dicrostonyx - collared lemming
    • Genus Dinaromys - Balkan snow vole
    • Genus Drymoreomys
    • Genus Eligmodontia
    • Genus Ellobius - mole vole
    • Genus Eolagurus
    • Genus Eothenomys
    • Genus Eremoryzomys - gray rice rat
    • Genus Euneomys - chinchilla mouse
    • Genus Euryoryzomys
    • Genus Galenomys - Garlepp's mouse
    • Genus Geoxus
    • Genus Geoxus - Pearson's long-clawed akodont
    • Genus Graomys - leaf-eared mouse
    • Genus Habromys - deer mouse
    • Genus Handleyomys
    • Genus Hodomys - Allen's woodrat
    • Genus Holochilus - marsh rat
    • Genus Hylaeamys
    • Genus Hyperacrius
    • Genus Ichthyomys - crab-eating rat
    • Genus Irenomys
    • Genus Isthmomys - isthmus rat
    • Genus Juliomys
    • Genus Juscelinomys
    • Genus Kunsia
    • Genus Lagurus
    • Genus Lasiopodomys
    • Genus Lemmiscus - sagebrush vole
    • Genus Lemmus - true lemming
    • Genus Lenoxus - Andean rat
    • Genus Loxodontomys
    • Genus Lundomys
    • Genus Megadontomys - giant deer mouse
    • Genus Melanomys
    • Genus Mesocricetus - golden hamster
    • Genus Microakodontomys - transitional colilargo
    • Genus Microryzomys
    • Genus Microtus
    • Genus Mindomys
    • Genus Myopus - wood lemming
    • Genus Neacomys
    • Genus Necromys
    • Genus Nectomys
    • Genus Nelsonia - wood rat
    • Genus Neodon
    • Genus Neofiber - round-tailed muskrat
    • Genus Neotoma - pack rat
    • Genus Neotomodon - Mexican volcano mouse
    • Genus Neotomys - Andean swamp rat
    • Genus Nephelomys
    • Genus Nesoryzomys
    • Genus Neusticomys - fish-eating rat
    • Genus Notiomys
    • Genus Nyctomys - Sumichrast's vesper rat
    • Genus Ochrotomys - golden mouse
    • Genus Oecomys
    • Genus Oligoryzomys
    • Genus Ondatra - muskrat
    • Genus Onychomys - grasshopper mouse
    • Genus Oreoryzomys
    • Genus Oryzomys
    • Genus Osgoodomys - Michoacan deer mouse
    • Genus Otonyctomys - Hatt's vesper rat
    • Genus Ototylomys - big-eared climbing rat
    • Genus Oxymycterus - hocicudo
    • Genus Peromyscus - deer mouse
    • Genus Phaenomys - Rio de Janeiro arboreal rat
    • Genus Phaiomys - Blyth's vole
    • Genus Phenacomys - heather vole
    • Genus Phodopus
    • Genus Phyllotis - gerbil leaf-eared mouse
    • Genus Phyllotis - leaf-eared mouse
    • Genus Podomys - Florida mouse
    • Genus Podoxymys - Roraima mouse
    • Genus Proedromys
    • Genus Prometheomys - long-clawed mole vole
    • Genus Pseudoryzomys - Brazilian false rice rat
    • Genus Punomys - puna mouse
    • Genus Reithrodon
    • Genus Reithrodontomys - harvest mouse
    • Genus Rhagomys - arboreal mouse
    • Genus Rheomys - water mouse
    • Genus Rhipidomys - climbing mouse
    • Genus Salinomys - delicate salt flat mouse
    • Genus Scapteromys
    • Genus Scolomys
    • Genus Scotinomys
    • Genus Sigmodon - cotton rat
    • Genus Sigmodontomys
    • Genus Sooretamys - rat-headed rice rat
    • Genus Synaptomys - bog lemming
    • Genus Tanyuromys
    • Genus Tapecomys - primordial tapecua
    • Genus Thalpomys - cerrado mouse
    • Genus Thaptomys - blackish grass mouse
    • Genus Thomasomys - Oldfield mouse
    • Genus Transandinomys
    • Genus Tscherskia - greater long-tailed hamster
    • Genus Tylomys - climbing rat
    • Genus Volemys
    • Genus Wiedomys - red-nosed mouse
    • Genus Wilfredomys - greater Wilfred's mouse
    • Genus Xenomys - Magdalena rat
    • Genus Zygodontomys
  • Family Muridae
    • Genus Abditomys - Luzon broad-toothed rat
    • Genus Abeomelomys - highland brush mouse
    • Genus Acomys - spiny mouse
    • Genus Aethomys - rock rat
    • Genus Ammodillus - ammodile
    • Genus Anisomys - squirrel-toothed rat
    • Genus Anonymomys - Mindoro climbing rat
    • Genus Apodemus - Eurasian field mouse
    • Genus Apomys - earthworm mice
    • Genus Archboldomys - shrew-mice
    • Genus Arvicanthis - grass rat
    • Genus Baiyankamys
    • Genus Bandicota - bandicoot rat
    • Genus Batomys - hairy-tailed rat
    • Genus Berylmys - white-toothed rat
    • Genus Brachiones - Przewalski's gerbil
    • Genus Bullimus
    • Genus Bunomys - hill rat
    • Genus Carpomys - Luzon tree rat
    • Genus Chiromyscus - Fea's tree rat
    • Genus Chiropodomys - pencil-tailed tree mouse
    • Genus Chiruromys
    • Genus Chrotomys
    • Genus Coccymys
    • Genus Colomys - African wading rat
    • Genus Conilurus - rabbit rat
    • Genus Crateromys
    • Genus Cremnomys
    • Genus Crossomys - earless water rat
    • Genus Crunomys - shrew-rat
    • Genus Dacnomys - Millard's rat
    • Genus Dasymys
    • Genus Deomys - link rat
    • Genus Dephomys
    • Genus Desmodilliscus - pouched gerbil
    • Genus Desmodillus - Cape short-eared gerbil
    • Genus Desmomys
    • Genus Diomys - Crump's mouse
    • Genus Diplothrix - Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat
    • Genus Dipodillus
    • Genus Echiothrix
    • Genus Eropeplus - Sulawesi soft-furred rat
    • Genus Gerbilliscus
    • Genus Gerbillurus - hairy-footed gerbil
    • Genus Gerbillus
    • Genus Golunda - Indian bush rat
    • Genus Grammomys - thicket rat
    • Genus Hadromys
    • Genus Haeromys - ranee mouse
    • Genus Hapalomys - marmoset rat
    • Genus Heimyscus - African smoky mouse
    • Genus Hybomys - striped mouse
    • Genus Hydromys
    • Genus Hylomyscus - wood mouse
    • Genus Hyomys - white-eared giant rats
    • Genus Kadarsanomys - Sody's tree rat
    • Genus Komodomys - Komodo rat
    • Genus Lamottemys - Mount Oku rat
    • Genus Leggadina
    • Genus Leimacomys - Togo mouse
    • Genus Lemniscomys - striped grass mouse
    • Genus Lenomys - trefoil-toothed giant rat
    • Genus Lenothrix - gray tree rat
    • Genus Leopoldamys - long-tailed giant rat
    • Genus Leporillus - stick-nest rat
    • Genus Leptomys
    • Genus Limnomys - mountain rat
    • Genus Lophiomys - maned rat
    • Genus Lophuromys - brush-furred mouse
    • Genus Lorentzimys - New Guinean jumping mouse
    • Genus Macruromys - small-toothed rat
    • Genus Madromys - Blanford's rat
    • Genus Malacomys - swamp rat
    • Genus Mallomys - woolly rat
    • Genus Mammelomys - mosaic-tailed rat
    • Genus Margaretamys - margareta rat
    • Genus Mastacomys - broad-toothed mouse
    • Genus Mastomys - multimammate mouse
    • Genus Maxomys - spiny rat
    • Genus Melasmothrix - Sulawesian shrew rat
    • Genus Melomys - mosaic-tailed rat
    • Genus Meriones - jird
    • Genus Mesembriomys - tree rat
    • Genus Microdillus - Somali pygmy gerbil
    • Genus Microhydromys - groove-toothed moss mouse
    • Genus Micromys
    • Genus Millardia - soft-furred rat
    • Genus Mirzamys - moss rat
    • Genus Muriculus - Ethiopian striped mouse
    • Genus Mus
    • Genus Musseromys
    • Genus Mylomys
    • Genus Myomyscus
    • Genus Myotomys - vlei rat
    • Genus Nesokia - short-tailed bandicoot rat
    • Genus Nesoromys - Ceram rat
    • Genus Nilopegamys - Ethiopian amphibious rat
    • Genus Niviventer
    • Genus Notomys - hopping mouse
    • Genus Oenomys - rufous-nosed rat
    • Genus Otomys - vlei rat
    • Genus Pachyuromys - fat-tailed gerbil
    • Genus Palawanomys - Palawan soft-furred mountain rat
    • Genus Papagomys
    • Genus Parahydromys - New Guinea waterside rat
    • Genus Paraleptomys - water rat
    • Genus Paramelomys
    • Genus Parotomys - whistling rat
    • Genus Paruromys - Sulawesi giant rat
    • Genus Paucidentomys
    • Genus Paulamys - Flores long-nosed rat
    • Genus Pelomys - groove-toothed swamp rat
    • Genus Phloeomys - cloud rat
    • Genus Pithecheir - tree rat
    • Genus Pithecheirops
    • Genus Pogonomelomys
    • Genus Pogonomys
    • Genus Praomys
    • Genus Protochromys - red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat
    • Genus Psammomys
    • Genus Pseudohydromys
    • Genus Pseudomys
    • Genus Rattus
    • Genus Rhabdomys
    • Genus Rhombomys - great gerbil
    • Genus Rhynchomys - shrewlike rat
    • Genus Saxatilomys - Paulina's limestone rat
    • Genus Sekeetamys - bushy-tailed jird
    • Genus Solomys
    • Genus Sommeromys - Sommer's Sulawesi rat
    • Genus Srilankamys - Ohiya rat
    • Genus Stenocephalemys
    • Genus Stochomys - target rat
    • Genus Sundamys
    • Genus Taeromys
    • Genus Tarsomys - long-footed rat
    • Genus Tateomys
    • Genus Tatera - Indian gerbil
    • Genus Taterillus
    • Genus Thallomys
    • Genus Thamnomys - thicket rat
    • Genus Tokudaia
    • Genus Tonkinomys - Daovantien's limestone rat
    • Genus Tryphomys - Luzon short-nosed rat
    • Genus Uranomys - Rudd's mouse
    • Genus Uromys
    • Genus Vandeleuria
    • Genus Vernaya
    • Genus Waiomys
    • Genus Xenuromys - mimic tree rat
    • Genus Xeromys - false water rat
    • Genus Zelotomys - broad-headed mouse
    • Genus Zyzomys
  • Family Nesomyidae
    • Genus Beamys - hamster-rat
    • Genus Brachytarsomys - antsangy
    • Genus Brachyuromys - short-tailed rat
    • Genus Cricetomys - giant pouched rat
    • Genus Delanymys - Delany's mouse
    • Genus Dendromus - climbing mouse
    • Genus Dendroprionomys - velvet climbing mouse
    • Genus Eliurus - tufted-tailed rat
    • Genus Gymnuromys - voalavoanala
    • Genus Hypogeomys - Malagasy giant rat
    • Genus Macrotarsomys - big-footed mouse
    • Genus Malacothrix - gerbil mouse
    • Genus Megadendromus - Nikolaus's mouse
    • Genus Monticolomys - Malagasy mountain mouse
    • Genus Mystromys - white-tailed rat
    • Genus Nesomys
    • Genus Petromyscus - rock mouse
    • Genus Prionomys - Dollman's tree mouse
    • Genus Saccostomus - pouched mouse
    • Genus Steatomys - fat mouse
  • Family Platacanthomyidae
    • Genus Platacanthomys - Malabar spiny dormouse
    • Genus Typhlomys - Chinese pygmy dormouse
  • Family Spalacidae
    • Genus Cannomys - lesser bamboo rat
    • Genus Eospalax - zokor
    • Genus Myospalax
    • Genus Rhizomys - bamboo rat
    • Genus Spalax - spalax
    • Genus Tachyoryctes

Suborder Sciuromorpha

  • Family Aplodontiidae
  • Family Gliridae
    • Genus Chaetocauda - Chinese dormouse
    • Genus Dryomys
    • Genus Eliomys
    • Genus Glirulus - Japanese dormouse
    • Genus Glis - edible dormouse
    • Genus Graphiurus - African dormouse
    • Genus Muscardinus - hazel dormouse
    • Genus Myomimus - mouse-tailed dormouse
    • Genus Selevinia - desert dormouse
  • Family Sciuridae
    • Genus Aeretes - groove-toothed flying squirrel
    • Genus Aeromys - large black flying squirrel
    • Genus Ammospermophilus - antelope squirrel
    • Genus Atlantoxerus - Barbary ground squirrel
    • Genus Belomys - hairy-footed flying squirrel
    • Genus Biswamoyopterus - Namdapha flying squirrel
    • Genus Callosciurus
    • Genus Cynomys - prairie dog
    • Genus Dremomys - red-cheeked squirrel
    • Genus Eoglaucomys - Kashmir flying squirrel
    • Genus Epixerus
    • Genus Eupetaurus - woolly flying squirrel
    • Genus Eutamias
    • Genus Exilisciurus - pygmy squirrel
    • Genus Funambulus - palm squirrel
    • Genus Funisciurus - African striped squirrels
    • Genus Glaucomys - New World flying squirrel
    • Genus Glyphotes - sculptor squirrel
    • Genus Heliosciurus - sun squirrel
    • Genus Hylopetes
    • Genus Hyosciurus - long-nosed squirrel
    • Genus Iomys
    • Genus Lariscus
    • Genus Marmota - marmot
    • Genus Menetes - Berdmore's ground squirrel
    • Genus Microsciurus - dwarf squirrel
    • Genus Myosciurus - African pygmy squirrel
    • Genus Nannosciurus - black-eared squirrel
    • Genus Neotamias
    • Genus Notocitellus
    • Genus Otospermophilus
    • Genus Paraxerus - African bush squirrel
    • Genus Petaurillus - pygmy flying squirrel
    • Genus Petaurista - giant flying squirrel
    • Genus Petinomys
    • Genus Poliocitellus - Franklin's ground squirrel
    • Genus Priapomys - Himalayan large-eared flying squirrel
    • Genus Prosciurillus
    • Genus Protoxerus - African giant squirrel
    • Genus Pteromys - Old World flying squirrel
    • Genus Pteromyscus - smoky flying squirrel
    • Genus Ratufa - oriental giant squirrel
    • Genus Rheithrosciurus - tufted ground squirrel
    • Genus Rhinosciurus - shrew-faced squirrel
    • Genus Rubrisciurus - red-bellied squirrel
    • Genus Sciurillus - Neotropical pygmy squirrel
    • Genus Sciurotamias
    • Genus Sciurus
    • Genus Spermophilopsis - long-clawed ground squirrel
    • Genus Spermophilus
    • Genus Sundasciurus
    • Genus Syntheosciurus - Bangs's mountain squirrel
    • Genus Tamias
    • Genus Tamiasciurus - pine squirrels
    • Genus Tamiops - Asiatic striped squirrel
    • Genus Trogopterus - complex-toothed flying squirrel
    • Genus Xerospermophilus
    • Genus Xerus - African ground squirrel

Scandentia

In the past, various authors proposed to place treeshrews in the ordinal rank Insectivora, or considered them close relatives of primates. Since 1972, the treeshrew families Tupaiidae and Ptilocercidae are grouped in the order Scandentia.

  • Family Ptilocercidae
    • Genus Ptilocercus - pen-tailed treeshrew
  • Family Tupaiidae
    • Genus Anathana - Madras treeshrew
    • Genus Dendrogale - smooth-tailed treeshrew
    • Genus Tupaia

Sirenia

Tubulidentata

See also

  • List of placental mammals - species list
  • List of monotremes and marsupials - species list
  • Mammal classification
  • Lists of mammals by population

References

  1. "Tree of Life Web Project". Tolweb.org. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
  2. Gatesy, John (2009). Hedges, S. Blair; Sudhir, Kumar (eds.). Whales and even-toed ungulates (Cetartiodactyla) in The Timetree of Life (PDF). Oxford Biology. pp. 511–515. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. Groves, Colin; Grubb, Peter (2011). Ungulate Taxonomy. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1421400938.
  4. "www.bucknell.edu/msw3". Bucknell.edu. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
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