Classification of Some Mammals Order
Description
Examples
Monotremata
egg-laying mammals
duck-billed platypus, spiny anteater
Marsupialia
pouched mammals
oppossums, kangaroos
Insectivora
insect-eating mammals
moles, shrews
Chiroptera
winged mammals
bats
Carnivora
flesh-eating mammals
dogs, cats, bears
Rodentia
gnawing mammals
mice, squirrels
Cetacea
fish-like mammals
whales, porpoises, dolphins
Probosscidea
proboscis mammals
elephants
Perissodactyla
odd-toed mammals
horses, rhinocerases
Artiodactyla
even-toed mammals
cattle, deer, pigs
Primates
erect mammals
lemurs, monkeys, apes, *humans*