List of placental mammals
The class Mammalia (the mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes); and mammals which give live birth. The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the marsupials); and the placental mammals.
This list contains the placental mammals. For monotremes and marsupials, see List of monotremes and marsupials.
Subclass Theria
Subclass Theria
Infraclass Eutheria (Placental Mammals)
Order Afrosoricida (tenrecs and golden moles)
List of placental mammals in Order Afrosoricida
Order Macroscelidea
List of placental mammals in Order Macroscelidea
Order Tubulidentata
List of placental mammals in Order Tubulidentata
Order Hyracoidea
List of placental mammals in Order Hyracoidea
Order Proboscidea
List of placental mammals in Order Proboscidea
Order Sirenia
List of placental mammals in Order Sirenia
Order Cingulata (Armadillos)
List of placental mammals in Order Cingulata
List of placental mammals in Order Pilosa, Scandentia, and Dermoptera
Order Scandentia (Treeshrews)
List of placental mammals in Order Scandentia
Order Dermoptera (Colugos)
List of placental mammals in Order Dermoptera
Order Primates
List of placental mammals in Order Primates
Order Rodentia
List of placental mammals in Order Rodentia
Order Lagomorpha
List of placental mammals in Order Lagomorpha
Order Erinaceomorpha
List of placental mammals in Order Erinaceomorpha
Order Soricomorpha
List of placental mammals in Order Soricomorpha
Order Chiroptera (Bats)
List of placental mammals in Order Chiroptera
Order Pholidota
List of placental mammals in Order Pholidota
Order Cetacea
List of placental mammals in Order Cetacea
Order Carnivora
List of placental mammals in Order Carnivora
Order Perissodactyla
List of placental mammals in Order Perissodactyla
Order Artiodactyla
List of placental mammals in Order Artiodactyla
Theria (Template:PronEng, from the Greek θηρίον, wild beast) is a subclass of mammals[1] that give birth to live young without using a shelled egg, including both eutherians (placental mammals) and metatherians (marsupials and their ancestors).
Extent
The subclass includes humans. They have external ears, most can suckle on a nipple, and have an ankle specialized for power and range of motion. Therians are often classified by their specialized dentition.
Almost all currently extant (not extinct) mammals are therians. The only exceptions are the platypus and the echidnas (spiny anteater), both of which are prototherian monotremes.
Bibliography
- Vaughan, Terry A., James M. Ryan, and Nicholas J. Czaplewski. 2000. Mammalogy: Fourth Edition. Saunders College Publishing, 565 pp. ISBN 0-03-025034-X
References
- ↑ Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. “Subclass Theria”. Animal Diversity Web.
External links
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