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List of monotremes and marsupials

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The class Mammalia (mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg-laying mammals (yinotherians or monotremes - see also Australosphenida), and mammals which give live birth (therians). The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (metatherians or marsupials), and placental mammals (eutherians, for which see List of placental mammals). Classification updated from Wilson and Reeder's "Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference" using the "Planet Mammifères" website.

Subclass Yinotheria (the monotremes)

Order Monotremata (monotremes, egg-laying mammals)

Monotremes

Subclass Theria

Infraclass Metatheria (marsupials)

Superorder Ameridelphia

Ameridelphians

Order Didelphimorphia (American opossums)

Order Paucituberculata

Superorder Australidelphia

Australidelphians

Order Microbiotheria (monito del monte)

Order Notoryctemorphia (marsupial moles)

Order Dasyuromorphia (marsupial carnivores)

Order Peramelemorphia (bandicoots and bilbies)

Main article: List of peramelemorphs

Order Diprotodontia (diprotodont marsupials)

Suborder Vombatiformes (wombats and koalas)
Suborder Phalangeriformes (possums and gliders)
Main article: List of phalangeriformes
Suborder Macropodiformes (kangaroos, wallaroos, wallabies)
Main article: List of macropodiformes

See also

References

  1. Boudet Ch. "Planet' Mammiferes". Planet' Mammiferes. 4.1 of 2013/12/23. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
Extant mammal orders
Yinotheria
Australosphenida
Theria
Metatheria
(Marsupial inclusive)
Ameridelphia
Australidelphia
Eutheria
(Placental inclusive)
Atlantogenata
Xenarthra
Afrotheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Euarchontoglires
Lists of mammal species
Monotremes
and marsupials
Diprotodonts
(kangaroos and possums)
Placental mammals
Artiodactyls
(even-toed ungulates)
Carnivorans
(carnivores)
Chiropterans
(bats)
Eulipotyphlans
(moles and shrews)
Lagomorphs
(rabbits and pikas)
Primates
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