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The higher taxonomy used for the ungulates of this order is based primarily on the Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Volume 2 on hoofed mammals, including the subfamily and tribal affiliations in each family. The order includes about 242 recognized ungulate species, along with 6 recently extinct species.
List of lagomorphs by population – rabbits, hares, and pikas. List of other Afrotheres by population – seacows, sengis, golden moles, otter shrews, tenrecs, hyraxes and the aardvark. List of rodents by population – cavies, squirrels, springhares, mice, beaver etc. List of eulipotyds by population – true moles, shrews, shrew-like moles ...
List of fictional birds. List of fictional penguins. List of fictional dogs. List of fictional wolves. List of fictional felines. List of fictional big cats. List of fictional frogs and toads. List of fictional horses. List of fictional pachyderms.
Lists of mammals by region cover mammals found in different parts of the world. They are organized by continent, region, and country, and in some places by sub-national region. Most are full species lists, while those for Australia and the Caribbean have links to more specific species lists.
The Mammals portal. A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (/ məˈmeɪli.ə /). Mammals are characterized by the presence of milk -producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three middle ear bones. These characteristics distinguish them ...
Handbook of the Mammals of the World (HMW) is a book series from the publisher Lynx Edicions. The nine volumes were published from 2009 to 2019. Each mammal family is assessed in a full text introduction with photographs and each species has a text account with a distribution map and illustrations on a plate. This is the second major project by ...
According to Mammal Species of the World, 5,416 species were identified in 2006. These were grouped into 1,229 genera, 153 families and 29 orders. [6] In 2008, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) completed a five-year Global Mammal Assessment for its IUCN Red List, which counted 5,488 species. [7]
List of mammals of Samoa; List of mammals of San Marino; List of mammals of São Tomé and Príncipe; List of mammals of Saudi Arabia; List of mammals of Senegal; List of mammals of Serbia; List of mammals of Seychelles; List of mammals of Sierra Leone; List of mammals of Singapore; List of mammals of Slovakia; List of mammals of Slovenia