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There are currently 1254 genera, 155 families, 29 orders, and exactly 5960 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.

Afrosoricida[edit]

Famliy: Chrysochloridae

Family: Tenrecidae

Artiodactyla[edit]

Family: Bovidae

Family: Cervidae

Family: Moschidae

Family: Tragulidae

Family: Antilocapridae

Family: Giraffidae

Family: Hippopotamidae

Family: Suidae

Family: Tayassuidae

Family: Camelidae

Carnivora[edit]

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

Cetacea[edit]

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

Chiroptera[edit]

Family: Pteropodidae

Family: Rhinopomatidae

Family: Craseonycteridae

Family: Rhinolophidae

Family: Megadermatidae

Family: Hipposideridae

Family: Emballonuridae

Family: Nycteridae

Family: Vespertilionidae

Family: Miniopteridae

Family: Molossidae

Family: Natalidae

Family: Myzopodidae

Family: Thyropteridae

Family: Furipteridae

Family: Noctilionidae

Family: Mystacinidae

Family: Mormoopidae

Family: Phyllostomidae

Cingulata[edit]

Family: Dasypodidae

Dasyuromorphia[edit]

Family: Dasyuridae

Family: Myrmecobiidae

Dermoptera[edit]

Family: Cynocephalidae

Didelphimorphia[edit]

Family: Didelphidae

Diprotodontia[edit]

Family: Macropodidae

Family: Potoroidae

Family: Hypsiprymnodontidae

Family: Acrobatidae

Family: Tarsipedidae

Family: Petauridae

Family: Pseudocheiridae

Family: Phalangeridae

Family: Burramyidae

Family: Phascolarctidae

Family: Vombatidae

Erinaceomorpha[edit]

Family: Erinaceidae

Hyracoidea[edit]

Family: Procaviidae

Lagomorpha[edit]

Family: Leporidae

Family: Ochotonidae

Macroscelidea[edit]

Family: Macroscelididae

Microbiotheria[edit]

Family: Microbiotheriidae

Monotremata[edit]

Family: Ornithorhynchidae

Family: Tachyglossidae

Notoryctemorphia[edit]

Family: Notoryctidae

Paucituberculata[edit]

Family: Caenolestidae

Peramelemorphia[edit]

Family: Thylacomyidae

Family: Peramelidae

Perissodactyla[edit]

Family: Equidae

Family: Rhinocerotidae

Family: Tapiridae

Pholidota[edit]

Family: Manidae

Pilosa[edit]

Family: Bradypodidae

Family: Megalonychidae

Family: Cyclopedidae

Family: Myrmecophagidae

Primates[edit]

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

Proboscidea[edit]

Family: Elephantidae

Rodentia[edit]

Family: Diatomyidae

Family: Ctenodactylidae

Family: Bathyergidae

Family: Petromuridae

Famiy: Thryonomyidae

Famiy: Hystricidae

Family: Erethizontidae

Family: Dasyproctidae

Family: Cuniculidae

Family: Dinomyidae

Family: Caviidae

Family: Octodontidae

Family: Ctenomyidae

Family: Echimyidae

Family: Myocastoridae

Family: Capromyidae

Family: Chinchillidae

Family: Abrocomidae

Family: Pedetidae

Family: Anomaluridae

Family: Calomyscidae

Family: Platacanthomyidae

Family: Spalacidae

Family: Nesomyidae

Family: Cricetidae

Family: Muridae

Family: Dipodidae

Family: Castoridae

Famiy: Geomyidae

Family: Heteromyidae

Family: Aplodontiidae

Family: Sciuridae

Famiy: Gliridae


Scandentia[edit]

Family: Tupaiidae

Family: Ptilocercidae

Sirenia[edit]

Family: Dugongidae

Family: Trichechidae

Soricomorpha[edit]

Family: Soricidae

Family: Talpidae

Family: Solenodontidae

Tubulidentata[edit]

Family: Orycteropodidae

See also[edit]

References[edit]

* * Mammal