List of mammal genera

      There are currently 1254 genera, 155 families, 29 orders, and exactly 5958 species of described Mammals, all in a single class.[1] This is the most up to date list of mammal genera, going mostly by genetic evidence, and Groves and Grubbs Taxonomy of Ungulates for the family Bovidae within Artiodactyla. The genus Bison is included within Bos in this classification and the genera Nyala (Nyala), Strepsiceros (Greater Kudu), and Ammelaphus (Lesser Kudu) are all distinct genera from Tragelaphus (Sitatunga, Bushbuck, Gedemsa or Mountain Nyala, and the Bongo). This is all supported by mt DNA methods of differentiating species. Also, the genus Niumbaha (Pied Bat) has been split from Glauconycteris (Butterfly Bats) because of recent morphological differences discovered in a specimen in South Sudan. The genus Uncia is now included in Panthera.

      Artiodactyla

      Family: Bovidae

      Family: Cervidae

      Family: Moschidae

      Family: Tragulidae

      Family: Antilocapridae

      Family: Giraffidae

      Family: Hippopotamidae

      Family: Suidae

      Family: Tayassuidae

      Family: Camelidae

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      Carnivora

      Family: Hyaenidae

      Family: Herpestidae

      Family: Eupleridae

      Family: Viverridae

      Family: Nandiniidae

      Family: Prionodontidae

      Family: Felidae

      Family: Ursidae

      Family: Ailuridae

      Family: Procyonidae

      Family: Mephitidae

      Family: Mustelidae

      Family: Canidae

      Family: Odobenidae

      Family: Otariidae

      Family: Phocidae

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      Cetacea

      Family: Balaenidae

      Family: Balaenopteridae

      Family: Eschrichtiidae

      Family: Cetotheriidae

      Family: Delphinidae

      Family: Monodontidae

      Family: Phocoenidae

      Family: Lipotidae

      Family: Platanistidae

      Family: Iniidae

      Family: Pontoporiidae

      Family: Kogiidae

      Family: Physeteridae

      Family: Ziphidae

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      Chiroptera

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      Dasyuromorphia

      Family: Dasyuridae

      Family: Myrmecobiidae

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      Didelphimorphia

      Family: Didelphidae

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      Diprotodontia

      Family: Macropodidae

      Family: Potoroidae

      Family: Hypsiprymnodontidae

      Family: Acrobatidae

      Family: Tarsipedidae

      Family: Petauridae

      Family: Pseudocheiridae

      Family: Phalangeridae

      Family: Burramyidae

      Family: Phascolarctidae

      Family: Vombatidae

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      Lagomorpha

      Family: Leporidae

      Family: Ochotonidae

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      Primates

      Family: Cheirogaleidae

      Family: Indriidae

      Family: Lemuridae

      Family: Lepilemuridae

      Family: Daubentoniidae

      Family: Lorisidae

      Family: Galagidae

      Family: Tarsiidae

      Family: Callitrichidae

      Family: Cebidae

      Family: Aotidae

      Family: Pitheciidae

      Family: Atelidae

      Family: Cercopithecidae

      Family: Hylobatidae

      Family: Hominidae

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      Rodentia

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      Soricomorpha

      Family: Soricidae

      Family: Talpidae

      Family: Solenodontidae

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      Last modified on 17 June 2013, at 03:14