Classification of Some Mammals

Order Description Examples

Monotremata egg-laying mammals duck-billed platypus, spiny anteater

Marsupialia pouched mammals oppossums, kangaroos

Insectivora insect-eating mammals moles, shrews

Chiroptera winged mammals bats

Carnivora flesh-eating mammals dogs, cats, bears

Rodentia gnawing mammals mice, squirrels

Cetacea fish-like mammals whales, porpoises, dolphins

Probosscidea proboscis mammals elephants

Perissodactyla odd-toed mammals horses, rhinocerases

Artiodactyla even-toed mammals cattle, deer, pigs

Primates erect mammals lemurs, monkeys, apes, *humans*