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• Tachyglossidae, family Tachyglossidae go
  echidnas
  
• Ornithorhynchidae, family Ornithorhynchidae go
  platypus
  
• Didelphidae, family Didelphidae go
  opossums
  
• Caenolestidae, family Caenolestidae go
  small marsupials of southern South America
  
• Peramelidae, family Peramelidae go
  bandicoots
  
• Macropodidae, family Macropodidae go
  kangaroos
  
• Potoroinae, subfamily Potoroinae go
  rat kangaroos
  
• Phalangeridae, family Phalangeridae go
  phalangers
  
• Vombatidae, family Vombatidae go
  wombats
  
• Dasyuridae, family Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinae go
  dasyures
  
• Notoryctidae, family Notoryctidae go
  pouched moles
  
• Talpidae, family Talpidae go
  moles
  
• Chrysochloridae, family Chrysochloridae go
  golden moles
  
• Soricidae, family Soricidae go
  shrews
  
• Erinaceidae, family Erinaceidae go
  true hedgehogs
  
• Tenrecidae, family Tenrecidae go
  tenrecs and extinct related forms
  
• Potamogalidae, family Potamogalidae go
  otter shrews
  
• Balaenidae, family Balaenidae go
  right whales
  
• Balaenopteridae, family Balaenopteridae go
  rorquals
  
• Eschrichtiidae, family Eschrichtiidae go
  comprising only the grey whales
  
• Physeteridae, family Physeteridae go
  sperm whales
  
• Ziphiidae, family Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, family Hyperodontidae go
  beaked whales
  
• Delphinidae, family Delphinidae go
  dolphins
  
• Platanistidae, family Platanistidae go
  river dolphins
  
• Monodontidae, family Monodontidae go
  narwhals
  
• Trichechidae, family Trichechidae go
  comprising only the manatees
  
• Dugongidae, family Dugongidae go
  a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow
  
• Otariidae, family Otariidae go
  eared seals: sea lions and fur seals
  
• Phocidae, family Phocidae go
  earless seals
  
• Odobenidae, family Odobenidae go
  walruses and extinct forms
  
• Orycteropodidae, family Orycteropodidae go
  aardvarks
  
• Canidae, family Canidae go
  dogs
  
• Hyaenidae, family Hyaenidae go
  hyenas
  
• Felidae, family Felidae go
  cats
  
• Ursidae, family Ursidae go
  bears and extinct related forms
  
• Viverridae, family Viverridae, Viverrinae, family Viverrinae go
  genets
  
• Phyllostomidae, family Phyllostomidae, Phyllostomatidae, family Phyllostomatidae go
  New World leaf-nosed bats
  
• Rhinolophidae, family Rhinolophidae go
  Old World leaf-nosed bats
  
• Hipposideridae, family Hipposideridae go
  Old World leafnose bats
  
• Megadermatidae, family Megadermatidae go
  Old World false vampire bats
  
• Vespertilionidae, family Vespertilionidae go
  the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world
  
• Molossidae, family Molossidae go
  mastiff bats
  
• Desmodontidae, family Desmodontidae go
  true vampire bats
  
• Leporidae, family Leporidae go
  hares and rabbits
  
• Ochotonidae, family Ochotonidae go
  pikas and extinct forms
  
• Muroidea, superfamily Muroidea go
  a superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded
  
• Muridae, family Muridae go
  originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide
  
• Hydromyinae, subfamily Hydromyinae go
  water rats of Australia and New Guinea
  
• Cricetidae, family Cricetidae go
  mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
  
• Gerbillinae, subfamily Gerbillinae go
  gerbils
  
• Hystricidae, family Hystricidae go
  Old World porcupines
  
• Erethizontidae, family Erethizontidae go
  New World arboreal porcupines
  
• Heteromyidae, family Heteromyidae go
  small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping
  
• Zapodidae, family Zapodidae go
  jumping mice
  
• Dipodidae, family Dipodidae go
  Old World jerboas
  
• Gliridae, family Gliridae go
  dormice and other Old World forms
  
• Geomyidae, family Geomyidae go
  North American pocket gophers
  
• Sciuridae, family Sciuridae go
  a mammal family of true squirrels including: ground squirrels
  
• Petauristidae, subfamily Petauristidae go
  Old World flying squirrels
  
• Castoridae, family Castoridae go
  beavers
  
• Aplodontiidae, family Aplodontiidae go
  mountain beavers
  
• Caviidae, family Caviidae go
  a family of Hystricomorpha
  
• Hydrochoeridae, family Hydrochoeridae go
  capybara
  
• Dasyproctidae, family Dasyproctidae go
  agoutis and pacas
  
• Capromyidae, family Capromyidae go
  coypus
  
• Chinchillidae, family Chinchillidae go
  small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents
  
• Spalacidae, family Spalacidae go
  mole rats
  
• Bathyergidae, family Bathyergidae go
  mole rats
  
• Uintatheriidae, family Uintatheriidae go
  an extinct family of Dinocerata
  
• Procaviidae, family Procaviidae go
  includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea
  
• Equidae, family Equidae go
  horses
  
• Rhinocerotidae, family Rhinocerotidae, rhinoceros family go
  rhinoceroses
  
• Tapiridae, family Tapiridae go
  tapirs and extinct related forms
  
• Suidae, family Suidae go
  pigs
  
• Tayassuidae, family Tayassuidae go
  peccaries
  
• Hippopotamidae, family Hippopotamidae go
  hippopotami
  
• Bovidae, family Bovidae go
  true antelopes
  
• Bovinae, subfamily Bovinae go
  term not used technically
  
• Antilocapridae, family Antilocapridae go
  comprising only the pronghorns
  
• Cervidae, family Cervidae go
  deer: reindeer
  
• Tragulidae, family Tragulidae go
  chevrotains
  
• Camelidae, family Camelidae go
  camels and llamas and vicunas
  
• Giraffidae, family Giraffidae go
  giraffes
  
• Mustelidae, family Mustelidae go
  weasels
  
• Lutrinae, subfamily Lutrinae go
  subdivision not used in some classifications: otters
  
• Mephitinae, subfamily Mephitinae go
  subdivision not used in some classifications: skunks
  
• Melinae, subfamily Melinae go
  subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers
  
• Dasypodidae, family Dasypodidae go
  armadillos
  
• Bradypodidae, family Bradypodidae go
  a family of edentates comprising the true sloths
  
• Megalonychidae, family Megalonychidae go
  mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths
  
• Megatheriidae, family Megatheriidae go
  extinct ground sloths
  
• Mylodontidae, family Mylodontidae go
  extinct South American edentates
  
• Myrmecophagidae, family Myrmecophagidae go
  New World anteaters
  
• Manidae, family Manidae go
  coextensive with the order Pholidota
  
• Hominidae, family Hominidae go
  modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man
  
• Pongidae, family Pongidae go
  usually considered as comprising orangutans
  
• Hylobatidae, family Hylobatidae go
  used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs)
  
• Cercopithecidae, family Cercopithecidae go
  Old World monkeys: guenon
  
• Platyrrhini, superfamily Platyrrhini go
  New World monkeys: capuchin
  
• Callithricidae, family Callithricidae go
  marmosets
  
• Cebidae, family Cebidae go
  all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins
  
• Tupaiidae, family Tupaiidae go
  tree shrews
  
• Lemuridae, family Lemuridae go
  typical lemurs
  
• Daubentoniidae, family Daubentoniidae go
  comprising solely the aye-aye
  
• Lorisidae, family Lorisidae go
  slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia
  
• Indriidae, family Indriidae go
  a family of Lemuroidea
  
• Tarsiidae, family Tarsiidae go
  coextensive with the genus Tarsius: tarsiers
  
• Cynocephalidae, family Cynocephalidae go
  a family of Dermoptera
  
• Elephantidae, family Elephantidae go
  elephants
  
• Mammutidae, family Mammutidae, family Mastodontidae go
  extinct family: mastodons
  
• Gomphotheriidae, family Gomphotheriidae go
  elephants extinct since the Pleistocene
  
• Procyonidae, family Procyonidae go
  raccoons
  
• Bassariscidae, subfamily Bassariscidae go
  in some classifications considered a separate family
  
• Ailuropodidae, family Ailuropodidae go
  in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas