List of tetrapod families
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The page lists all of the families in the clade Tetrapoda, organized by taxonomic ranks. This list does not include families that are extinct.
Order Anura (frogs)
See also: Amphibian and List of amphibian genera
- Suborder Archaeobatrachia
- Family Ascaphidae (tailed frogs)
- Family Bombinatoridae (fire-belly toads)
- Family Discoglossidae (painted frogs)
- Family Leiopelmatidae (New Zealand primitive frogs)
- Suborder Mesobatrachia
- Family Megophryidae (litter frogs)
- Family Pelobatidae (European spadefoot toads)
- Family Pelodytidae (parsley frogs)
- Family Pipidae (tongueless frogs)
- Family Rhinophrynidae (Mexican burrowing toad)
- Family Scaphiopodidae (American spadefoot toads)
- Suborder Neobatrachia
- Family Allophrynidae (Tukeit Hill frog)
- Family Amphignathodontidae (marsupial frogs)
- Family Arthroleptidae (screeching frogs)
- Family Brachycephalidae (saddleback toads)
- Family Bufonidae (true toads)
- Family Centrolenidae (glass frogs)
- Family Dendrobatidae (poison dart frogs)
- Family Heleophrynidae (ghost frogs)
- Family Hemisotidae (shovelnose frogs)
- Family Hylidae (tree frogs)
- Family Hyperoliidae (sedge or bush frogs)
- Family Leptodactylidae (Southern frogs)
- Family Mantellidae (a diverse family of frogs)
- Family Microhylidae (narrow mouthed frogs)
- Family Myobatrachidae (Australian ground frogs)
- Family Ranidae (true frogs)
- Family Rhacophoridae (moss frogs)
- Family Rhinodermatidae (Darwin's frog)
- Family Sooglossidae (Seychelles frogs)
Order Apoda (caecilians)
- Family Caeciliidae (common caecilians)
- Family Chikilidae (Indian caecilians)
- Family Dermophiidae
- Family Grandisoniidae
- Family Herpelidae
- Family Ichthyophiidae (Asian tailed caecilians)
- Family Rhinatrematidae (Neotropical tailed caecilians)
- Family Scolecomorphidae (African tropical caecilians)
- Family Siphonopidae
- Family Typhlonectidae (aquatic caecilians)
Order Urodela (salamanders)
- Suborder Cryptobranchoidea
- Family Cryptobranchidae (giant salamanders)
- Family Hynobiidae (Asiatic salamanders)
- Suborder Salamandroidea
- Family Ambystomatidae (mole salamanders)
- Family Amphiumidae (amphiumas or Congo eels)
- Family Dicamptodontidae (Pacific giant salamanders)
- Family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders)
- Family Proteidae (mudpuppies and waterdogs)
- Family Rhyacotritonidae (torrent salamanders)
- Family Salamandridae (true salamanders and newts)
- Suborder Sirenoidea
- Family Sirenidae (sirens)
Reptilia
See also: Reptile and List of reptile genera
Order Crocodilia (crocodiles)
- Family Gavialidae (gharial and false gharial)
- Family Alligatoridae (alligators and caimans)
- Family Crocodylidae (true crocodiles)
Order Rhynchocephalia (tuatara)
- Family Sphenodontidae (one species: tuatara)
Order Squamata (lizards and snakes)
- Family Amphisbaenidae (tropical worm lizards)
- Family Bipedidae (other worm lizards)
- Family Blanidae (Mediterranean worm lizards)
- Family Cadeidae (Cuban worm lizards)
- Family Rhineuridae (North American worm lizards)
- Family Trogonophidae (palearctic worm lizards)
- Family Dibamidae (blind lizards)
- Family Gekkonidae (geckos)
- Family Pygopodidae (legless lizards)
- Family Diplodactylidae
- Family Carphodactylidae
- Family Eublepharidae
- Family Sphaerodactylidae
- Family Phyllodactylidae
- Family Agamidae (agamas)
- Family Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)
- Family Corytophanidae (casquehead lizards)
- Family Crotaphytidae (collared lizards)
- Family Iguanidae (true iguanas and relatives)
- Family Leiocephalidae
- Family Hoplocercidae
- Family Dactyloidae
- Family Leiosauridae
- Family Liolaemidae (iguana relatives, such as swifts)
- Family Opluridae (Madagascan iguanas)
- Family Phrynosomatidae (spiny lizards, horn lizards, tree lizards, and more)
- Family Polychrotidae (anoles)
- Family Tropiduridae (neotropical ground lizards)
- Family Gymnophthalmidae (spectacled lizards)
- Family Lacertidae (wall lizards)
- Family Teiidae (tegus)
- Family Anguidae (slowworms, glass lizards, and alligator lizards)
- Family Anniellidae (American legless lizards)
- Family Helodermatidae (gila monsters)
- Family Xenosauridae (knob-scaled lizards)
- Family Lanthanotidae (earless monitor)
- Family Shinisauridae (Chinese crocodile lizard)
- Family Varanidae (monitor lizards)
- Family Cordylidae (spinytail lizards)
- Family Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards)
- Family Scincidae (skinks)
- Family Xantusiidae (night lizards)
- Family Acrochordidae (file snakes)
- Family Aniliidae (coral pipe snakes)
- Family Anomochilidae (dwarf pipe snakes)
- Family Boidae (boas)
- Family Bolyeriidae (Round Island boas)
- Family Colubridae (colubrids)
- Family Cylindrophiidae (Asian pipe snakes)
- Family Elapidae (cobras, sea snakes, and more)
- Family Homalopsidae (mudsnakes)
- Family Lamprophiidae
- Family Loxocemidae (Mexican burrowing snakes)
- Family Pareidae (slug snakes and more)
- Family Pythonidae (pythons)
- Family Tropidophiidae (dwarf boas)
- Family Uropeltidae (shieldtail snakes)
- Family Viperidae (vipers, rattlesnakes, and more)
- Family Xenodermatidae
- Family Xenopeltidae (sunbeam snakes)
- Family Anomalepidae (dawn blind snakes)
- Family Gerrhopilidae (Indo-Malayan blind snakes)
- Family Leptotyphlopidae (slender blind snakes)
- Family Typhlopidae ("true" blind snakes)
- Family Xenotyphlopidae
Order Testudines (turtles)
- Family Carettochelyidae (pig-nosed turtle)
- Family Cheloniidae (sea turtles)
- Family Chelydridae (snapping turtles)
- Family Dermatemydidae (Central American river turtle)
- Family Dermochelyidae (leatherback sea turtle)
- Family Emydidae (pond turtles)
- Family Geoemydidae (Asian box turtles)
- Family Kinosternidae (mud turtles)
- Family Platysternidae (big-headed turtle)
- Family Testudinidae (tortoises)
- Family Trionychidae (softshell turtles)
- Family Chelidae (Austro-American sideneck turtles)
- Family Pelomedusidae (Afro-American sideneck turtles)
- Family Podocnemididae (South American side-necked river turtles, and 2 other species)
Aves
See also: Bird and List of bird genera
Superorder Galloanserae
Order Galliformes (gamebirds, or landfowl)
- Family Cracidae (chachalacas or guans)
- Family Megapodiidae (megapodes)
- Family Numididae (guineafowls)
- Family Odontophoridae (New World quails)
- Family Phasianidae (pheasants, chickens, Old World quails, and more)
Order Anseriformes (waterfowl)
- Family Anatidae (duck, geese, swans, and more)
- Family Anhimidae (screamers)
- Family Anseranatidae (magpie-goose)
Superorder Neoaves
Order Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos and extinct relatives)
- Family Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
Order Podicipediformes (grebes)
- Family Podicipedidae
Order Columbiformes (pigeons and doves)
- Family Columbidae
Order Mesitornithiformes (mesites)
- Family Mesitornithidae
Order Pterocliformes (sandgrouses)
- Family Pteroclidae
Order Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds)
- Family Apodidae (swifts)
- Family Hemiprocnidae (treeswifts)
- Family Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Order Caprimulgiformes (frogmouths, nightjars, and more)
- Family Aegothelidae (owlet-nightjar)
- Family Caprimulgidae (potoos)
- Family Nyctibiidae (nightjars)
- Family Podargidae (frogmouth)
- Family Steatornithidae (oilbird)
Order Cuculiformes (cuckoos)
- Family Cuculidae
Order Otidiformes (bustards)
- Family Otididae
Order Musophagiformes (turacos)
- Family Musophagidae
Order Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin)
- Family Opisthocomidae
Order Gruiformes (cranes and relatives)
- Family Aptornithidae (adzebills)
- Family Aramidae (limpkin)
- Family Gruidae (cranes)
- Family Heliornithidae (finfoots and sungrebe)
- Family Psophiidae (trumpeters)
- Family Rallidae (rails)
- Family Sarothruridae (flufftails)
Order Charadriiformes (waders and gulls)
- Suborder Charadrii (plover-like waders)
- Family Charadriidae (plovers and lapwings)
- Family Haematopodidae (oystercatchers)
- Family Ibidorhynchidae (ibisbill)
- Family Recurvirostridae (avocets and stilts)
- Suborder Chionidi (thick-knees and allies)
- Family Burhinidae (thick-knees)
- Family Chionididae (sheathbills)
- Family Pluvianellidae (Magellanic plover)
- Suborder Lari (gulls and allies)
- Family Alcidae (puffins, guillemots, murres, and allies)
- Family Dromadidae (crab plover)
- Family Glareolidae (pratincoles and coursers)
- Family Laridae (gulls, terns, and skimmers)
- Family Pluvianidae (Egyptian plover)
- Family Stercorariidae (skuas)
- Suborder Scolopaci (snipe-like waders)
- Family Scolopacidae (snipe, sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies)
- Suborder Thinocori (aberrant charadriforms)
- Family Jacanidae (jacanas)
- Family Pedionomidae (plains wanderer)
- Family Rostratulidae (painted snipe)
- Family Thinocoridae (seedsnipe)
- Suborder Turnici (buttonquails)
- Family Turnicidae (buttonquails)
Order Gaviiformes (loons)
- Family Gaviidae
Order Procellariiformes (petrels, including albatrosses and more)
- Family Diomedeidae (albatrosses)
- Family Hydrobatidae (storm petrels)
- Family Oceanitidae (austral storm petrels)
- Family Pelecanoididae (diving petrels)
- Family Procellariidae (fulmars, petrels, and shearwaters)
Order Sphenisciformes (penguins)
- Family Spheniscidae
Order Ciconiiformes (storks)
- Family Ciconiidae
Order Pelecaniformes (boobies, cormorants, darters, and more)
- Family Ardeidae (herons)
- Family Balaenicipitidae (shoebill)
- Family Pelecanidae (pelicans)
- Family Threskiornithidae (ibises)
Order Eurypygiformes (sunbitterns and kagus)
- Family Eurypygidae (sunbitterns)
- Family Rhynochetidae (kagus)
Order Phaethontiformes (tropicbirds)
- Family Phaethontidae
Order Cathartiformes (New World vultures)
- Family Cathartidae
Order Accipitriformes (birds of prey, such as hawks and eagles)
- Family Accipitridae (hawks, eagles, Old World vultures, and more)
- Family Pandionidae (pandion)
- Family Sagittariidae (secretarybird)
Order Strigiformes (owls)
Order Coliiformes (mousebirds)
- Family Coliidae
Order Leptosomiformes (cuckoo roller)
- Family Leptosomidae
Order Trogoniformes (trogons)
- Family Trogonidae
Order Bucerotiformes (hornbills and hoopoes)
- Family Bucerotidae (true hornbills)
- Family Bucorvidae (ground hornbills)
- Family Phoeniculidae (wood hoopoes)
- Family Upupidae (hoopoe)
Order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, bee-eaters, and more)
- Family Alcedinidae (kingfishers)
- Family Brachypteraciidae (ground-rollers)
- Family Coraciidae (rollers)
- Family Meropidae (bee-eaters)
- Family Momotidae (motmots)
- Family Todidae (todies)
Order Piciformes (woodpeckers, puffbirds, barbets, toucans, and relatives)
- Suborder Galbuli
- Family Bucconidae (puffbirds and relatives)
- Family Galbulidae (jacamars)
- Suborder Pici
- Family Capitonidae (American barbets)
- Family Indicatoridae (honeyguides)
- Family Lybiidae (African barbets)
- Family Megalaimidae (Asian barbets)
- Family Picidae (woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks)
- Family Ramphastidae (toucans)
- Family Semnornithidae (toucan-barbets)
Order Cariamiformes (seriemas)
- Family Cariamidae
Order Falconiformes (falcons and caracaras)
- Family Falconidae
Order Psittaciformes (parrots)
- Family Cacatuidae (cockatoos)
- Family Nestoridae (kea and New Zealand kaka)
- Family Psittacidae (various "true" parrots)
- Family Psittaculidae (lovebirds, fig parrots, lories, tiger parrots, pygmy parrots, and more)
- Family Psittrichasiidae (Pesquet's parrot and vasa parrots)
- Family Strigopidae (kākāpō)
Order Passeriformes (passerines)
- Suborder Acanthisitti
- Family Acanthisittidae (New Zealand wrens)
- Suborder Passeri (songbirds)
- Infraorder Climacterides
- Family Climacteridae (Australian treecreepers)
- Family Ptilonorhynchidae (bowerbirds)
- Infraorder Corvides
- Family Mohouidae (whitehead, yellowhead, and pipipi)
- Family Pachycephalidae (whistlers)
- Family Oreoicidae (Australo-Papuan bellbirds)
- Family Falcunculidae (crested shriketits)
- Family Psophodidae (quail-thrushers and jewel-babblers)
- Family Eulacestomidae (wattled ploughbills)
- Family Neosittidae (sittellas)
- Family Oriolidae (Old World orioles and figbirds)
- Family Paramythiidae (painted berrypeckers)
- Family Psophodidae (whipbirds and wedgebills)
- Family Vireonidae (vireos)
- Family Campephagidae (cuckoo-shrikes and trillers)
- Family Artamidae (woodswallows, butcherbirds, currawongs, and Australian magpie)
- Family Machaerirhynchidae (boatbills)
- Family Aegithinidae (ioras)
- Family Pityriaseidae (Bornean bristlehead)
- Family Malaconotidae (bushshrikes)
- Family Platysteiridae (wattle-eyes)
- Family Vangidae (vangas)
- Family Dicruridae (drongos)
- Family Ifritidae (blue-capped ifrit)
- Family Melampittidae (melampittas)
- Family Corcoracidae (Australian mudnesters)
- Family Paradisaeidae (birds-of-paradise)
- Family Monarchidae (monarch flycatchers)
- Family Laniidae (shrikes)
- Family Corvidae (crows, ravens, and jays)
- Family Colluricinclidae (strike-thrushes)
- Infraorder Meliphagides
- Family Maluridae (Australasian wrens)
- Family Dasyornithidae (bristlebirds)
- Family Meliphagidae (honeyeaters)
- Family Pardalotidae (pardalotes)
- Family Acanthizidae (Australasian warblers)
- Infraorder Menurides
- Family Menuridae (lyrebirds)
- Family Atrichornithidae (scrub-birds)
- Infraorder Orthonychides
- Family Orthonychidae (logrunners)
- Family Pomatostomidae (pseudo-babblers)
- Infraorder Passerides
- Family Melanocharitidae (berrypeckers and longbills)
- Family Cnemophilidae (satinbirds)
- Family Callaeidae (New Zealand wattlebirds)
- Family Notiomystidae (stitchbird)
- Family Petroicidae (Australian robins)
- Family Picathartidae (rockfowl)
- Family Chaetopidae (rock-jumpers)
- Family Eupetidae (Malaysian rail-babbler)
- Family Stenostiridae (flycatcher-tits)
- Family Hyliotidae (hyliotas)
- Family Remizidae (penduline tits)
- Family Paridae (true tits, chickadees, and relatives)
- Family Nicatoridae (nicators)
- Family Panuridae (bearded reedling)
- Family Alaudidae (larks)
- Family Macrosphenidae (African warblers)
- Family Cisticolidae (cisticolas)
- Family Acrocephalidae (marsh-warblers and tree-warblers)
- Family Pnoepygidae (pygmy wren-warblers)
- Family Locustellidae (grass-warblers)
- Family Donacobiidae (black-capped donacobius)
- Family Bernieridae (Malagasy warblers)
- Family Hirundinidae (swallows and martins)
- Family Pycnonotidae (bulbuls)
- Family Phylloscopidae (leaf-warblers)
- Family Cettiidae (ground-warblers)
- Family Hyliidae (hylas)
- Family Aegithalidae (long-tailed tits)
- Family Sylviidae (typical warblers, parrotbills, and relatives)
- Family Zosteropidae (white-eyes)
- Family Timaliidae (tree babblers)
- Family Pellorneidae (ground babblers)
- Family Leiothrichidae (laughingthrushes)
- Family Regulidae (kinglets)
- Family Elachuridae (spotte elachura)
- Family Ptiliogonatidae (silky flycatchers)
- Family Bombycillidae (waxwings)
- Family Dulidae (palmchat)
- Family Hypocoliidae (hypocolius)
- Family Tichodromadidae (wallcreeper)
- Family Sittidae (nuthatches)
- Family Certhiidae (treecreepers)
- Family Salpornithidae (spotted creepers)
- Family Troglodytidae (New World wrens)
- Family Polioptilidae (gnatcatchers)
- Family Cinclidae (dippers)
- Family Turdidae ("true" thrushes)
- Family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers and chats)
- Family Buphagidae (oxpeckers)
- Family Sturnidae (starlings)
- Family Mimidae (mockingbirds and thrashers)
- Family Promeropidae (sugarbirds)
- Family Arcanatoridae (spot-throat, dapple-throat, and grey-chested babbler)
- Family Dicaeidae (flowerpeckers)
- Family Nectariniidae (sunbirds)
- Family Chloropseidae (leafbirds)
- Family Irenidae (fairy-bluebirds)
- Family Urocynchramidae (Przewalski's finch)
- Family Peucedramidae (olive warbler)
- Family Prunellidae (accentors)
- Family Ploceidae (weavers)
- Family Viduidae (indigobirds and whydahs)
- Family Estrildidae (estrildid finch)
- Family Passeridae (true sparrows)
- Family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
- Family Fringillidae (true finches)
- Family Calcariidae (longspurs and snow buntings)
- Family Emberizidae (buntings)
- Family Passerellidae (American sparrows)
- Family Icteridae (icterids, such as New World blackbirds)
- Family Parulidae (New World warblers)
- Family Thraupidae (tanagers)
- Family Cardinalidae (cardinals)
- Family Scotocercidae (streaked scrub warbler)
- Family Rhagologidae (mottled whistler)
- Family Prionopidae (helmetshrikes and woodshrikes)
- Infraorder Climacterides
- Suborder Tyranni (suboscines)
- Family Pittidae (pittas)
- Family Eurylaimidae (broadbills)
- Family Philepittidae (asities)
- Family Sapayoidae (broad-billed sapayoa)
- Family Pipridae (manakins)
- Family Cotingidae (cotingas)
- Family Tityridae (tityras)
- Family Oxyruncidae (sharpbills)
- Family Onychorhynchidae (royal flycatchers and relatives)
- Family Pipritidae (piprites)
- Family Platyrinchidae (spadebills)
- Family Tachurididae (many-colored rush tyrants)
- Family Rhynchocyclidae (mionectine flycatchers)
- Family Tyrannidae (tyrant flycatchers)
- Family Melanopareiidae (crescentchests)
- Family Thamnophilidae (antbirds)
- Family Conopophagidae (gnateaters and gnatpittas)
- Family Grallariidae (antpittas)
- Family Rhinocryptidae (typical tapaculos)
- Family Formicariidae (antthrushes)
- Family Furnariidae (ovenbirds and woodcreepers)
Superorder Notopalaeognathae
Order Rheiformes
- Family Rheidae
Order Tinamiformes
- Family Tinamidae (tinamou)
Order Casuariiformes
- Family Casuariidae (cassowaries)
- Family Dromaiidae (emu)
Order Apterygiformes
- Family Apterygidae (kiwi)
Other
Order Struthioniformes
- Family Struthionidae (ostriches)
Mammalia
See also: Mammal and List of mammal genera
Group Prototheria (monotremes)
Order Monotremata
- Family Ornithorhynchidae (platypus)
- Family Tachyglossidae (echidnas)
Group Marsupialia (marsupials)
Order Dasyuromorphia (marsupial mice and numbat)
- Family Dasyuridae (marsupial mice)
- Family Myrmecobiidae (numbat)
Order Didelphimorphia (opossums)
- Family Didelphidae
Order Diprotodontia (koalas, wombats, kangaroos, and more)
- Suborder Macropodiformes (kangaroos, wallabies, bettongs, and more)
- Family Hypsiprymnodontidae (rat kangaroos)
- Family Macropodidae (kangaroos, wallabies, and wallaroos)
- Family Potoroidae (bettongs and potoroos)
- Suborder Phalangeriformes (possums, gliders, and cuscus)
- Family Acrobatidae (feathertail glider and feather-tailed possum)
- Family Burramyidae (pygmy possums)
- Family Petauridae (striped possum, trioks, gliders, and leadbeater's possum)
- Family Phalangeridae (cuscuses and brushtail possums)
- Family Pseudocheiridae (ringtailed possums)
- Family Tarsipedidae (honey possum)
- Suborder Vombatiformes (koala, wombats, and multiple extinct species)
- Family Phascolarctidae (koala)
- Family Vombatidae (wombats)
Order Microbiotheria (monito del monte)
- Family Microbiotheriidae
Order Notoryctemorphia (marsupial moles)
- Family Notoryctidae
Order Paucituberculata (shrew opossums)
- Family Caenolestidae
Order Peramelemorphia (marsupial omnivores)
- Family Thylacomyidae (bilbies)
- Family Peramelidae (bandicoots)
Group Placentalia (placental mammals)
Order Afrosoricida (golden moles and tenrecs)
- Family Chrysochloridae (golden moles)
- Family Tenrecidae (tenrecs)
Order Carnivora (carnivorans, such as dogs, cats, and relatives)
- Suborder Feliformia (cat-like carnivorans and relatives)
- Family Nandiniidae (African palm civet)
- Family Prionodontidae (Asiatic linsangs)
- Family Felidae (domestic cats, leopards, lynxes, tigers, lions, cougars, and cat relatives)
- Family Viverridae (civets, African linsangs, and genets)
- Family Hyaenidae (hyenas and aardwolf)
- Family Eupleridae (Malagasy carnivorans)
- Family Herpestidae (mongooses)
- Suborder Caniformia (dog-like carnivorans and relatives)
- Family Canidae (domestic dogs, foxes, wolves, jackals, and relatives)
- Family Ursidae (bears and giant panda)
- Family Odobenidae (walrus)
- Family Otariidae (eared seals)
- Family Phocidae (true seals)
- Family Ailuridae (red panda)
- Family Mephitidae (skunks and stink badgers)
- Family Mustelidae (weasels and relatives)
- Family Procyonidae (raccoons, coatis, olingos, ringtail cats, and relatives)
Order Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
- Suborder Ruminantia
- Family Tragulidae (chevrotain)
- Family Moschidae (musk deer)
- Family Cervidae (deer)
- Family Bovidae (hollow-horned ungulates)
- Family Antilocapridae (pronghorn)
- Family Giraffidae (giraffe and okapi)
- Suborder Suina
- Family Suidae (pigs)
- Family Tayassuidae (peccaries)
- Suborder Tylopoda
- Family Camelidae (camels and relatives)
- Suborder Whippomorpha
- Family Hippopotamidae (hippopotamuses)
- Infraorder Cetacea
- Parvorder Mysticeti (Baleen whales)
- Family Balaenidae (right and bowhead whales)
- Family Cetotheriidae (pygmy right whales)
- Family Eschrichtiidae (gray whales)
- Family Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
- Parvorder Odontoceti (Toothed whales)
- Family Physeteridae (sperm whale)
- Family Kogiidae (pygmy and dwarf sperm whales)
- Family Ziphiidae (beaked whales)
- Family Platanistidae (South Asian river dolphin)
- Family Iniidae (Amazon river dolphins)
- Family Lipotidae (baiji)
- Family Pontoporiidae (franciscana)
- Family Monodontidae (narwhal and beluga)
- Family Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins)
- Family Phocoenidae (porpoises)
- Parvorder Mysticeti (Baleen whales)
Order Chiroptera (bats)
- Suborder Yangochiroptera
- Family Emballonuridae (sac-winged bats)
- Family Furipteridae
- Family Molossidae (free-tailed bats)
- Family Mormoopidae
- Family Mystacinidae (New Zealand short-tailed bats)
- Family Myzopodidae (sucker-footed bats)
- Family Natalidae (funnel-eared bats)
- Family Noctilionidae (bulldog bats)
- Family Nycteridae (hollow-faced bats)
- Family Phyllostomidae (leaf-nosed bats)
- Family Thyropteridae (disk-winged bats)
- Family Vespertilionidae (vesper bats)
- Suborder Yinpterochiroptera
- Family Craseonycteridae (Kitti's hog-nosed bat (also known as the bumblebee bat))
- Family Hipposideridae (Old World leaf-nosed bats)
- Family Megadermatidae (false vampire bats)
- Family Pteropodidae (megabats)
- Family Rhinolophidae (horseshoe bats)
- Family Rhinopomatidae (mouse-tailed bats)
Order Cingulata (armadillos)
- Family Chlamyphoridae (fairy armadillos, giant armadillos, and more)
- Family Dasypodidae
Order Dermoptera (colugos)
- Family Cynocephalidae (colugos, or flying lemurs)
Order Eulipotyphla (hedgehogs, shrews, and moles)
- Family Erinaceidae (Hedgehog)
- Family Soricidae (Shrew)
- Family Talpidae (Mole)
- Family Solenodontidae
Order Hyracoidea (hyraxes)
- Family Procaviidae
Order Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares, and pikas)
- Family Leporidae (rabbits and hares)
- Family Ochotonidae (pikas)
Order Macroscelidea (elephant shrews)
- Family Macroscelididae (Elephant shrew)
Order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)
- Suborder Hippomorpha
- Family Equidae (horses and relatives)
- Suborder Ceratomorpha
- Family Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceros)
- Family Tapiridae (tapirs)
Order Pholidota (pangolins)
- Family Manidae (Pangolin)
Order Pilosa (anteaters and sloths)
- Suborder Vermilingua
- Family Cyclopedidae (Silky anteater)
- Family Myrmecophagidae
- Suborder Folivora
- Family Bradypodidae (three-toed sloths)
- Family Megalonychidae (two-toed sloths)
Order Primates (primates, such as monkeys and apes)
- Suborder Haplorhini
- Infraorder Simiiformes
- Parvorder Catarrhini (Old world monkey)
- Superfamily Cercopithecoidea
- Family Cercopithecidae
- Superfamily Hominoidea
- Family Hominidae (great apes)
- Family Hylobatidae (lesser apes)
- Superfamily Cercopithecoidea
- Parvorder Platyrrhini (New world monkey)
- Family Aotidae
- Family Atelidae
- Family Callitrichidae
- Family Cebidae
- Family Pitheciidae
- Parvorder Catarrhini (Old world monkey)
- Infraorder Tarsiiformes
- Family Tarsiidae
- Infraorder Simiiformes
- Suborder Strepsirrhini
- Infraorder Lemuriformes
- Superfamily Lemuroidea (lemurs and relatives)
- Family Cheirogaleidae
- Family Daubentoniidae
- Family Indriidae
- Family Lemuridae
- Family Lepilemuridae
- Superfamily Lorisoidea
- Superfamily Lemuroidea (lemurs and relatives)
- Infraorder Lemuriformes
Order Proboscidea (elephants)
- Family Elephantidae
Order Rodentia (rodents)
- Suborder Anomaluromorpha ("Anomalure-like animals")
- Family Anomaluridae (African scaly-tailed flying squirrels)
- Family Pedetidae (Springhares)
- Suborder Castorimorpha ("Beaver-like animals")
- Family Castoridae (beavers)
- Family Geomyidae (Pocket gophers)
- Family Heteromyidae (Pocket mouses)
- Suborder Hystricomorpha ("Porcupine-like animals")
- Infraorder Hystricognathi ("Porcupine-like jaws")
- Parvorder Caviomorpha (New World hystricognaths)
- Family Caviidae (guinea pigs, cavies, maras, and capybaras)
- Family Cuniculidae (Pacas)
- Family Dasyproctidae (agoutis and acouchis)
- Family Abrocomidae (Chinchilla rat)
- Family Chinchillidae (chinchillas and viscachas)
- Family Dinomyidae (pacaranas)
- Family Capromyidae (Hutias)
- Family Ctenomyidae (Tuco-tucos)
- Family Echimyidae (Neotropical spiny rats)
- Family Octodontidae (rock rats, degus, coruro, and viscacha rats)
- Family Heterocephalidae (Naked mole-rats)
- Parvorder Phiomorpha ("forms from Fayum")
- Family Thryonomyidae (cane rats)
- Family Bathyergidae (Mole-rats)
- Family Petromuridae (Dassie rats)
- Parvorder Caviomorpha (New World hystricognaths)
- Infraorder Unknown
- Parvorder Unknown
- Family Ctenodactylidae (Gundis)
- Family Diatomyidae (Laotian rock rats)
- Family Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
- Parvorder Unknown
- Infraorder Hystricognathi ("Porcupine-like jaws")
- Suborder Myomorpha ("Mouse-like animals")
- Superfamily Muroidea ("related to mice")
- Family Calomyscidae (Mouse-like hamsters and brush-tailed mice)
- Family Cricetidae (true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, New World rats, and New World mice)
- Family Muridae (True mice, including Old World rats, Old World mice, and allies)
- Family Nesomyidae (Malagasy rodents, climbing mice, African rock mice, swamp mice, pouched rats, and white-tailed rats)
- Family Platacanthomyidae (False dormice)
- Family Spalacidae (mole-rats, blind mole-rats, bamboo rats, and zokors)
- Superfamily Dipodoidea ("Two-footed / bipedal")
- Family Dipodidae (Jerboas and Jumping mice)
- Superfamily Muroidea ("related to mice")
- Suborder Sciuromorpha ("Squirrel-like animals")
- Family Aplodontiidae (mountain beaver)
- Family Gliridae (True dormice)
- Family Sciuridae (flying squirrels, tree squirrels, and ground squirrels—including chipmunks and prairie dogs)
Order Scandentia (treeshrews)
- Family Ptilocercidae (pen-tailed treeshrews)
- Family Tupaiidae (True treeshrews)
Order Sirenia (sea cows)
- Family Dugongidae (dugongs and sea cows)
- Family Trichechidae (manatees)
Order Tubulidentata (aardvarks)
- Family Orycteropodidae (aardvarks)