Orders of Placental Mammals


Placental Mammals

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Front Back
Narrow snouts, digging claws, eats insects.
ex) hedgehog
Insectivores
Wings.
ex) bats
Chiropterans
Aquatic herbivores that live in rivers and coastal waters.
ex) manatee
Sirenians
Aquatic, many live in ocean. Have young in the water. Some are filter feeders.
ex) humpback whale
Cetaceans
Curved incisor teeth in both upper and lower jaw, use for gnawing plants.
ex) mouse
Rodents
Hoofed mammals with an odd number of toes
ex) horses
Perissodactyls
Meat-eaters
ex) bears
Carnivores
Hoofed mammals with an even number of toes.
ex) camels
Artiodactyls
No or very small teeth
ex) armadillo
Xenarthrans
Mammals with trunks
ex) elephants
Proboscideans
Herbivorous, two pairs of incisors in upper jaw, hind legs adapted for leaping
ex) rabbits
Lagomorphs
Highly developed cerebrum and complex behaviors
ex) lemurs
Primates