mammal family
Noun
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A family of mammals (synset 101865198)
is a type of: family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more generasubtypes:
- family tachyglossidae, tachyglossidae - echidnas
- family ornithorhynchidae, ornithorhynchidae - platypus
- didelphidae, family didelphidae - opossums
- caenolestidae, family caenolestidae - small marsupials of southern South America
- family peramelidae, peramelidae - bandicoots
- family macropodidae, macropodidae - kangaroos; wallabies
- potoroinae, subfamily potoroinae - rat kangaroos
- family phalangeridae, phalangeridae - phalangers; koalas
- family vombatidae, vombatidae - wombats
- dasyuridae, family dasyuridae, family dasyurinae - dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils
- family notoryctidae, notoryctidae - pouched moles
- family talpidae, talpidae - moles
- chrysochloridae, family chrysochloridae - golden moles
- family soricidae, soricidae - shrews
- erinaceidae, family erinaceidae - true hedgehogs
- family tenrecidae, tenrecidae - tenrecs and extinct related forms
- family potamogalidae, potamogalidae - otter shrews
- balaenidae, family balaenidae - right whales
- balaenopteridae, family balaenopteridae - rorquals; blue whales
- eschrichtiidae, family eschrichtiidae - comprising only the grey whales
- family physeteridae, physeteridae - sperm whales
- family hyperodontidae, family ziphiidae, hyperodontidae, ziphiidae - beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae
- delphinidae, family delphinidae - dolphins
- family platanistidae, platanistidae - river dolphins
- family monodontidae, monodontidae - narwhals
- family trichechidae, trichechidae - comprising only the manatees
- dugongidae, family dugongidae - a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow
- family otariidae, otariidae - eared seals: sea lions and fur seals
- family phocidae, phocidae - earless seals
- family odobenidae, odobenidae - walruses and extinct forms
- family orycteropodidae, orycteropodidae - aardvarks
- canidae, family canidae - dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes
- family hyaenidae, hyaenidae - hyenas
- family felidae, felidae - cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers
- family ursidae, ursidae - bears and extinct related forms
- family viverridae, family viverrinae, viverridae, viverrinae - genets; civets; mongooses
- family phyllostomatidae, family phyllostomidae, phyllostomatidae, phyllostomidae - New World leaf-nosed bats
- family rhinolophidae, rhinolophidae - Old World leaf-nosed bats
- family hipposideridae, hipposideridae - Old World leafnose bats
- family megadermatidae, megadermatidae - Old World false vampire bats
- family vespertilionidae, vespertilionidae - the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world
- family molossidae, molossidae - mastiff bats; freetail bats
- desmodontidae, family desmodontidae - true vampire bats
- family leporidae, leporidae - hares and rabbits
- family ochotonidae, ochotonidae - pikas and extinct forms
- muroidea, superfamily muroidea - a superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded
- family muridae, muridae - originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches
- hydromyinae, subfamily hydromyinae - water rats of Australia and New Guinea
- cricetidae, family cricetidae - mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
- gerbillinae, subfamily gerbillinae - gerbils
- family hystricidae, hystricidae - Old World porcupines
- erethizontidae, family erethizontidae - New World arboreal porcupines
- family heteromyidae, heteromyidae - small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping; adapted to desert conditions: pocket mice; kangaroo mice; kangaroo rats
- family zapodidae, zapodidae - jumping mice
- dipodidae, family dipodidae - Old World jerboas
- family gliridae, gliridae - dormice and other Old World forms
- family geomyidae, geomyidae - North American pocket gophers
- family sciuridae, sciuridae - a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels; marmots; chipmunks; flying squirrels; spermophiles
- petauristidae, subfamily petauristidae - Old World flying squirrels
- castoridae, family castoridae - beavers
- aplodontiidae, family aplodontiidae - mountain beavers
- caviidae, family caviidae - a family of Hystricomorpha
- family hydrochoeridae, hydrochoeridae - capybara
- dasyproctidae, family dasyproctidae - agoutis and pacas
- capromyidae, family capromyidae - coypus
- chinchillidae, family chinchillidae - small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents
- family spalacidae, spalacidae - mole rats
- bathyergidae, family bathyergidae - mole rats; sand rats
- family uintatheriidae, uintatheriidae - an extinct family of Dinocerata
- family procaviidae, procaviidae - includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea
- equidae, family equidae - horses; asses; zebras; extinct animals
- family rhinocerotidae, rhinoceros family, rhinocerotidae - rhinoceroses
- family tapiridae, tapiridae - tapirs and extinct related forms
- family suidae, suidae - pigs; hogs; boars
- family tayassuidae, tayassuidae - peccaries
- family hippopotamidae, hippopotamidae - hippopotami
- bovidae, family bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats
- bovinae, subfamily bovinae - term not used technically; essentially coextensive with genus Bos: cattle; buffalo; and sometimes includes kudu
- antilocapridae, family antilocapridae - comprising only the pronghorns
- cervidae, family cervidae - deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer
- family tragulidae, tragulidae - chevrotains
- camelidae, family camelidae - camels and llamas and vicunas
- family giraffidae, giraffidae - giraffes
- family mustelidae, mustelidae - weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens
- lutrinae, subfamily lutrinae - subdivision not used in some classifications: otters
- mephitinae, subfamily mephitinae - subdivision not used in some classifications: skunks
- melinae, subfamily melinae - subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers
- dasypodidae, family dasypodidae - armadillos
- bradypodidae, family bradypodidae - a family of edentates comprising the true sloths
- family megalonychidae, megalonychidae - mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths
- family megatheriidae, megatheriidae - extinct ground sloths
- family mylodontidae, mylodontidae - extinct South American edentates
- family myrmecophagidae, myrmecophagidae - New World anteaters
- family manidae, manidae - coextensive with the order Pholidota
- family hominidae, hominidae - modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man
- family pongidae, pongidae - usually considered as comprising orangutans; gorillas; chimpanzees; and sometimes gibbons
- family hylobatidae, hylobatidae - used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs); sometimes considered a subfamily of Pongidae
- cercopithecidae, family cercopithecidae - Old World monkeys: guenon; baboon; colobus monkey; langur; macaque; mandrill; mangabey; patas; proboscis monkey
- platyrrhini, superfamily platyrrhini - New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin
- callithricidae, family callithricidae - marmosets
- cebidae, family cebidae - all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins
- family tupaiidae, tupaiidae - tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates
- family lemuridae, lemuridae - typical lemurs; of Madagascar
- daubentoniidae, family daubentoniidae - comprising solely the aye-aye
- family lorisidae, lorisidae - slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia; usually tailless
- family indriidae, indriidae - a family of Lemuroidea
- family tarsiidae, tarsiidae - coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers
- cynocephalidae, family cynocephalidae - a family of Dermoptera
- elephantidae, family elephantidae - elephants
- family mammutidae, family mastodontidae, mammutidae - extinct family: mastodons
- family gomphotheriidae, gomphotheriidae - elephants extinct since the Pleistocene
- family procyonidae, procyonidae - raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas
- bassariscidae, subfamily bassariscidae - in some classifications considered a separate family
- ailuropodidae, family ailuropodidae - in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas
belongs to: craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
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