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Order Insectivora
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insect-eaters, includes: moles, shrews, tenrecs, solenodons, hedgehogs
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Order Scandentia
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Tree Shrews
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Order Macroscelidea
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Elephant Shrews
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Order Dermoptera
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Colugos/ Flying lemurs
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Order Xenartha
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Armadillos, Anteaters, Sloths
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Order Pholidota
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Pangolins/ Scaly Anteaters
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Order Tubulidentata
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Aardvark
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Order Carnivora
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meat-eaters, includes: Canid line and Felid line
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Families of the Canid line
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Canidae
Ursidae Procyonidae Mustelidae |
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Families of the Felid line
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Felidae
Hyenidae Viverridae Herpestidae |
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Caniformia
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Dog Forms (Canid line)
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Family Canidae
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Dog Family
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Species of Family Canidae
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wolves, dingo, dhole, coyote, jackals, foxes, African hunting dog
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Family Ursidae
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Bear family
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Species of Family Ursidae
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black bear, brown bears (grizzly, Kodiak, & brown), Asiatic black bear (moon bear), sloth bear, Asiatic (Malayan) sun bear, Andian (spectacled) bear, polar bear, giant panda
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Family Procyonidae
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Raccoon family
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Species of Family Procyonidae
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lesser (red) panda, raccoon, coati, ringtail & cacomistle raccoons, kinkajou
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Family Mustelidae
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Weasel Family
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Species of Family Mustelidae
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weasels, mink, ferrets, Martin, fisher, skunks, badgers, wolverine, otters
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Feliformia
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Cat forms (Felid line)
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Family Viverridae
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Civet family
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Species of Family Viverridae
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civets, genets, binturong, fossa
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Family Herpestidae
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Mongoose Family
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Species of Family Herpestidae
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mongooses, suricate/meerkat
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Family Hyaenidae
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Hyena family
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Species of Family Hyaenidae
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hyenas, aardwolf
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Family Felidae
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Cat family
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Geni of Family Felidae
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Panthera, Acinonyx, Neofelis, Felis
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Species of Genus Panthera
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lion, tiger, leopard, white leopard, jaguar
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Species of genus Acinonyx
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cheetah
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species of genus Neofelis
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clouded leopard
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Species of genus Felis
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cougar (aka: mountain lion, puma, panther (esp. a black one))
bobcat, lynx, caracal, serval |
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Other cats
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wild cat (Felis sylvestris), sand cat, flat-headed cat, marbled cat, fishing cat, Asian golden cat, Pallas cat, leopard cat, jaguarundi, ocelot, margay, geoffrey's cat
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Order Chiroptera
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bats
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Order Primates
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lemurs, monkeys, apes
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Suborders of Primates
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Prosimian (strepsirhini),
simian (anthropoids) (Haplorhini) |
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species of Prosimians
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lemur, aye-aye, loris, potto, bushbaby
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lemur species
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Coquerell's Sifaka, Ringtail, Red-Ruffed, White-fronted, Rufous Mouse
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Simian species
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Tarsiers, New World & Old World Monkeys
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Family Callitrichidae
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one of 2 families of New World monkeys (suborder Simian)
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Geni of Family Callitrichidae
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Marmosets, tamarins
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Family Cebidae
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one of 2 families of New World monkeys (suborder Simian)
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Geni of Family Cebidae
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Capuchin-like monkeys
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Species of Capuchin-like monkeys
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Spider monkey, white-faced capuchin, muriqui, black spider, squirrel monkey, white-faced Saki, White/Red Uakari, wooly monkey, miriqui
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Family Cercopithecidae
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Old world monkeys
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Families of New World Monkeys
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Families Callitrichidae & Cebidae
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Genus Cercopithecus
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Baboons & Drills
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General species of Family Cercopithecidae
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Babboons, Drills, langars, black & white colobus, macaques, apes
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2 species of old-world leaf-eating monkeys
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langars, black & white colobus
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2 categories of Apes
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Lesser Apes
Great Apes |
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Species of lesser apes
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gibbons, siamangs
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Species of great apes
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orangutan, gorilla, chimpanzee
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Order Pinnipedia
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seals
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Families of Pinnipeds
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Phocidae
Otariidae Odobenidae |
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Species of Northern Hemisphere Phocids
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Harbor seal, larga seal, Caspian seal, Baikal seal, Harp seal, Ribbon seal, Ringed seal, bearded seal, hooded seal, grey seal, northern elephant seal
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Species of Southern Hemisphere Phocids
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Weddell seal, Ross seal, Crabeater seal, Leopard seal, Southern elephant seal, monk seals, Hawaiian monk seal, Caribbean monk seal
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Species of Family Otariidae
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sea lions, fur seals
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Species of Family Odobenidae
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Walrus
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Order Cetacea
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whales & dolphins
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2 suborders of Order Cetacea
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mysticetes & odontocetes
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Suborder Mysticetes
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baleen whales
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Suborder Odontocetes
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Toothed whales
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Families of Suborder Odontocetae
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Platanistidae
Monodontidae Delphinidae Phocoenidae Ziphiidae Physeteridae |
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Family Platanistidae
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River Dolphins
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Species of Family Platanistidae
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Ganges & Indus river dolphin (susu)
Amazon river dolphin (boto) Chinese river dolphin (baiji) La Plata dolphin/Franciscana |
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Species of Family Monodontidae
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beluga, narwhal
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Family Delphinidae
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oceanic dolphins
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Species of Family Delphinidae
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Bottlenose dolphin, common dolphin, spinner dolphin, pilot whale, orca
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Family Phocoenidae
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Porpoises
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Species of Family Phocoenidae
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Common harbor porpoise, Dall's porpoise, black/Burmeister's porpoise
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Family Ziphiidae
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Beaked whales
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Species of Family Ziphiidae
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Northern & Southern bottlenose whales, and many more with common names
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Family Physeteridae
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Sperm Whales
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Species of Family Physeteridae
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giant sperm whale, pygmy sperm whale, dwarf sperm whale
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Families of Suborder Mysticetae
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Balaenidae
Eschrichtiidae Balaenopteridae |
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Family Balaenidae
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right whales
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Species of Family Balaenidae
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Greenland right whale or Bowhead, Northern & Southern right whales
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Family Eschrichtiidae
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Grey whale
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Family Balaenopteridae
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Rorqual whales
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Species of Family Balaenopteridae
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Humpback whale, blue whale, fin whale, sei whale, bryde's whale, minke whale
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Order Sirenia
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sea cows
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Species of Order Sirenia
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Steller's sea cow, manatees, dugong
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Species of manatees
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East Indian/Caribbean manatee, Brazilian manatee, West African manatee
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