List of placental mammals


The class Mammalia is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: monotremes, which lay eggs, and therians, mammals which give live birth, which has two infraclasses: marsupials, pouched mammals and placental mammals. See List of monotremes and marsupials, and for the clades and families, see Mammal classification. Classification updated from Wilson and Reeder's using the Planet' Mammifères website.

Magnorder [Atlantogenata]

Superorder [Afrotheria]

Clade [Afroinsectiphilia]

Order [Tubulidentata] ([aardvark]s)
Order [Macroscelidea] ([elephant shrew]s)
Order [Hyracoidea] ([hyrax]es)
Order [Proboscidea] ([elephant]s)

Order [Cingulata] ([armadillo]s)

10 extant species in 4 families, all in the Americas, comprising anteaters and sloths.
Suborder [Vermilingua] ([anteater]s)

Superorder [Euarchontoglires]

Grandorder [Euarchonta]

Mirorder [Primatomorpha]
Order [Scandentia] ([treeshrew]s)
There are 20 species placed in five genera; all are from Southeast Asia.
Order [Rodent]ia

Order [Eulipotyphla]

Order [Chiroptera] ([bat]s)
Known as odd-toed ungulates, their rear hooves consist of an odd number of toes.
Suborder [Hippomorpha]
These are the even-toed ungulates