Notes on Family Mammalia and subgroups placental, marsupial, & monotreme with pictures

1. Mammals PPT. by, Robin D. Seamon

4. 2. Marsupial: Mammals that birth very small babies that live outside body in mother’s pouch until adolescence NG wallaby video 3. Monotreme: rare kind of mammal that lays eggs (duck-billed platypus, echidna) LINK

6. Order Marsupialia (pouched animals) Marsupials Order Monotremata (egg-laying mammals) Monotremes

7. Flying Lemurs Elephant Shrews Hyracoidae Insectivores Tree Shrews Order Dermoptera (colugos or flying lemurs) Order Insectivora Order Hyracoidae

8. Order Primates Monkeys & Apes Order Carnivora Carnivores

9. Odd-toed Ungulates Elephants Order Perissodactyla (odd-toed hoofed animals) Order Artiodactyla (even-toed hoofed animals) Even-toed Ungulates Order Proboscidea

10. Order Rodentia (gnawing animals) Order Lagomorpha Rodents Rabbits, Pikas, & Hares

11. Aardvark Bats Order Edentata (toothless mammals) Sloths, Armadillos, & Anteaters Order Tubulidentata Order Chiroptera Order Pholidata Pangolins

12. Seals, Sea Lions, & Walruses Order Pinnipedia Order Cetacea Whales, Dolphins, & Porpoises Order Sirenia (dugongs and manatees) Sea Cows

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17. Animal SKULLS & PRINTS LINK The Wild Classroom LINK & VIDEO