Mammals
All mammals have hair and they feed their young ones with milk, but this hardly shows the huge diversity between a tree, an owl, a lion and a penguin.Mammals are high order Animals that includes Homosapiens. It is said that mammals appeared in the triassic period and have great range of species. Some mammals are spectacular , while other may not be that spectacular.
Mammals Order
The order or classification of mammals can be done in a simple way of dividing or classifying them into monotremes (duck billed platypus), marsupials (pouched animals like kangaroo) and placental animals(all other living mammals).Mammalogists who studies on mammals find this classification system somewhat bit inaccurate, it might be easier to think of all living mammals as belonging to 21 orders.These order have been posted below and these are not foolproof and is always subjected to change based on discoveries on them yet to be happen which also includes interpretation of old data.But whatever the classification science gives them, they are amazing and astonishing creation.Classification of Mammals
Order of Mammals
As said before mammals have been classified into 21 orders, which are listed below.The list below gives us knowledge on Mammal Order,Common name,Examples and Characteristics of Mammals.1. Order: Monotremata
Common Name: One hole
Example: Platypus,Spiny Anteater
Characteristics: The mammals belonging to this order is different because they lay eggs instead of giving birth to young ones and feed their young ones with milk.
2. Order: Marsupialia
Common Name: with a pouch
Example: Kangaroo, Koala,Opossum
Characteristics: we know kangaroos carry their young ones in their pouch but the astonishing facts is that the young ones form inside the pouch. Immature offspring reared in abdominal pouch.
3. Order: Artiodactyla
Common Name: Even-toed
Example: Sheep,Pig,Giraffe,Camel,Cattle,Deer e.t.c
Characteristics: Animals of this mammal classification are herbivorous(eats only plants) and have two or four toes.
4. Order: Carnivora
Common Name: Flesh-Eating
Example: Cat, Wolf, Otter, Weasel, Bear
Characteristics: This mammal order has large canine teeth, clawed feet.Using their weapons these predators hunt and kill for surviving.
5. Order: Cetacea
Common Name: Like whales
Example: Dolphin, Porpoise,Whales
Characteristics: They are Aquatic with blow holes on the top of their head and has front flippers.
6. Order: Chiroptera
Common Hand Wing
Example: Bat
Characteristics: This mammal are extra-ordinary as they fly and navigate using Echolocation.
7. Order: Dermoptera
Common Name: Skin Wing
Example: Flying Lemur
Characteristics: This incredible mammal can glide from tree to tree with the skin attached to their arm and body.They have fangs and wide Incisors.
8. Order: Endentata
Common Name: Toothless
Example: Anteater
Characteristics: Lacking teeth or small simple teeth and eat mostly insects.
9. Order: Hyracordea
Common Name: like Hyraxes
Example: Hyrax
Characteristics: They are generally Herbivores with hooves and teeth like rhinoceroses.
10.Order: Insectivora
Common Name: Insect-Eating
Example: Mole,shrew,Hedgehog
Characteristics: These insect eaters have small with long snout and sharp cusped teeth.
11.Order: Lagomorpha
Common Name: Rabbit-shaped
Example: Rabbit,Hare,Pika
Characteristics: This mammal have four upper incisors and hind legs adapted for jumping.
12.Order: Macroscelia
Common Name: Large legs
Example: Elephant Shrew
Characteristics: Shrew like appearance with elongated noses and large back legs
13.Order: Perissodactyla
Common Name: Odd toed
Example: Horse, Zebra,Tapir,Rhinoceros
Characteristics: This Herbivores, hooves with one or three toes.
14.Order: Pholidata
Common Name: Scaly OnesExample: Pangolin
Characteristics: Covered with horny scales, they feed on ants and termites.
15.Order: Pinnipedia
Common Name: Fin feet
Example: Seal,Sea lion,Walrus
Characteristics: These mammals are known as marine carnivorous. They have modified limbs for swimming.
16.Order: Primates
Common Name: First
Example: Human, Monkey, Ape
Characteristics: These advanced mammals have large brains,opposable thumbs, binocular vision, also they give birth to young ones and feed milk.
17.Order: Proboscidea
Common Name: Trunk Nosed
Example: African and Asian Elephants
Characteristics: Large Herbivores with trunks, infact elongated trunks.
18.Order: Rodentia
Common Name: Rodents
Example: Mouse,Rat,Beaver,Squirrel
Characteristics: These are small herbivores with chisel like incisors.
19.Order: Sirenia
Common Name: Like Sirens
Example: Dugong, Manatee
Characteristics: They eat water plants in Estuaries and they have front flippers but has no back legs.
20.Order: Tubulidentata
Common Name: Tubular teeth
Example: Aardvark
Characteristics: Dig up termites for food, have only four or five peg like teeth.
21.Order: Xenarthra
Common Name: Unusual joints
Example: Sloth, Armadillo
Characteristics: Sloths are arboreal, Armadillos have scale like covering.
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