Cambridge Natural History Mammalia/Scheme

by Frank E. Beddard

Scheme of the Classification Adopted In This Book

Sub-Class Prototheria.
Order.		Sub-order.		Family.		Sub-family.
MONOTREMATA (Chapter V)	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$		$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Echidnidae. Ornithorhynchidae.
?ALLOTHERIA.
Sub-class Eutheria
MARSUPIALIA (Chapter VII)	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Diprotodontia	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Macropodidae	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Macropodinae. Potoroinae. Hypsiprymnodontinae.
				Phalangeridae	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Phalangerinae. Phascolarctinae. Phascolomyinae. Tarsipedinae.
				Epanorthidae.
		Polyprotodontia	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Dasyuridae. Didelphyidae. Peramelidae. Notoryctidae.
EDENTATA (Chapter VIII)	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Xenarthra	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Myrmecophagidae. Bradypodidae. Dasypodidae. Mylodontidae. Megalonychidae. Megatheriidae. Glyptodontidae.
		Nomarthra	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Orycteropodidae. Manidae.
GANODONTA	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$		$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Stylinodontidae. Conoryctidae.
UNGULATA	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Condylarthra. (Chapter IX) Amblypoda. Ancylopoda. Typotheria. Toxodontia.
		Proboscidea	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Elephantidae. Dinotheriidae.
		Hyracoidea.
		Perissodactyla (Chapter X)	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Equidae. Lophiodontidae. Palaeotheriidae. Tapiridae. Rhinocerotidae. Titanotheriidae.
		Litopterna		Macraucheniidae.
		Artiodactyla (Chapter XI)	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Hippopotamidae. Suidae. Dicotylidae. Tragulidae. Proceratidae. Camelidae.
				Cervidae	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Cervinae. Moschinae.
				Giraffidae. Antilocapridae. Bovidae. Anthracotheriidae. Caenotheriidae. Xiphodontidae. Oreodontidae. Anoplotheriidae.
SIRENIA.
CETACEA (Chapter XII)	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Mystacoceti	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Balaenopteridae. Balaenidae.
		Odontoceti	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Physeteridae	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Physeterinae. Ziphiinae.
			$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Delphinidae. Platanistidae. Squalodontidae.
		Archaeoceti		Zeuglodontidae.
CARNIVORA	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Fissipedia (Chapter XIII)	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Felidae. Machaerodontidae.
				Viverridae	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Euplerinae. Galidictiinae. Cryptoproctinae. Viverrinae. Herpestinae.
				Hyaenidae. Canidae. Procyonidae.
				Mustelidae	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Melinae. Mustelinae. Lutrinae.
				Ursidae.
		Pinnipedia (Chapter XIV)	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Otariidae. Trichechidae. Phocidae.
CREODONTA.
RODENTIA (Chapter XV)	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Simplicidentata	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Anomaluridae. Soiuridae. Castoridae. Haplodontidae. Gliridae.
				Muridae	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Murinae. Phlaeomyinae. Hydromyinae. Rhynchomyinae. Gerbillinae. Otomyinae. Dendromyinae. Lophiomyinae. Microtinae. Sigmodontinae. Neotominae.
				Bathyergidae. Spalacidae. Geomyidae. Heteromyidae. Dipodidae. Pedetidae.
				Octodontidae	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Octodontinae. Loncherinae. Capromyinae.
				Ctenodactylidae. Caviidae. Dasyproctidae. Dinomyidae. Chinchillidae. Cercolabidae. Hystricidae.
		Duplicidentata	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Leporidae. Lagomyidae.
TILLODONTIA.
INSECTIVORA (Chapter XVI)	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Insectivora Vera	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Erinaceidae. Tupaiidae. Centetidae. Potamogalidae. Solenodontidae. Chrysochloridae. Macroscelidae. Talpidae. Soricidae.
		Dermoptera		Galeopithecidae.
CHIROPTERA	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Megachiroptera		Pteropodidae.
		Microchiroptera	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Rhinolophidae. Nycteridae. Vespertilionidae. Emballonuridae. Phyllostomatidae.
PRIMATES (Chapter XVII)	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Lemuroidea	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Lemuridae	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Indrisinae. Lemurinae. Galagininae. Lorisinae.
				Chiromyidae. Tarsiidae. Anaptomorphidae. Chriacidae. Megaladapididae.
		Anthropoidea	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Hapalidae. Cebidae. Cercopithecidae. Simiidae. Hominidae.