Mammalia (taxonomy) facts for kids

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Class: Mammalia:

• Subclass: Prototheria (Monotremes or egg laying mammals)
  • Clade: Australosphenida
    • Order: Platypoda platypuses
    • Order: Tachyglossa echidnas
• Subclass: Theriiformes
  • Infraclass: †Allotheria (extinct)
    • Order: †Multituberculata (extinct)
      • Suborder: †Gondwanatheria (extinct)
  • Infraclass: Holotheria?
• Supercohort: Theria (placentals or live bearing mammals)
  • Cohort: Marsupialia
    • Superorder: Ameridelphia
      • Order: Didelphimorphia
      • Order: Paucituberculata
    • Superorder: Australodelphia
      • Order: Microbiotheria
      • Order: Dasyuromorphia
      • Order: Peramelemorphia
      • Order: Notoryctemorphia
      • Order: Diprotodontia
  • Cohort: Eutheria
    • Superorder: Xenarthra
      • Order: Pilosa
      • Order: Cingulata
    • Superorder: Leptictida (extinct)
    • Superorder: Anagalida
      • Mirordo: Macroscelidea
      • Order: Rodentia
      • Order: Lagomorpha
    • Superorder: Archonta
      • Suborder: Dermoptera
      • Order: Primates
      • Order: Scandentia
      • Order: Chiroptera
    • Superorder: Lipotyphla
      • Order: Chrysochloridea
      • Order: Erinaceomorpha
      • Order: Soricomorpha
    • Superorder: Ferae
      • Order: Carnivora
      • Order: Cimolesta
    • Superorder: Ungulata
      • Order: Tubulidentata
      • Order: Uranotheria
        • Suborder: Hyracoidea
        • suborder: Proboscidea
        • Suborder: †Desmostylia (extinct)
        • Infraordo: Sirenia
      • Suborder: †Embrythopoda (extinct)
      • Order: Artiodactyla
        • Suborder: Cetacea
      • Order: Perissodactyla
    • Superorder †Meridiungulata
      • Order: †Notoungulata (extinct)
      • Order: †Astrapotheria (extinct)
      • Order: †Xenungulata (extinct)
      • Order: †Litopterna (extinct)
      • Order: †Condylarthra (extinct)