VERTEBRATA 45 



Order LAGOMORPHA 



Ochotona (pika) ; Lepus (hare) ; Oryctolagus 

 ( =Lepus) (rabbit) ; Sylvilagus (cottontail) 



Order RODENTIA 



Sub-order Sciuromorpha 



Sciurus (squirrel); Marmota ( = Arctomys) (mar- 

 mot, woodchuck); Tamias (chipmunk); Castor 

 (beaver); Aplodontia (sewellel, mountain beaver); 

 Xerus (African ground squirrel); Citellus ( = Sperm- 

 ophilus) (American ground squirrel, gopher); 

 Glaucomys (American flying squirrel); Geomys 

 (pocket gopher); Anomahuiis (scale-tailed flying 

 squirrel) 



Sub-order Myomorpha 

 Peromyscus (deer mouse); Sigmodon (cotton rat); 

 Cricetus (hamster) ; Mesocricetus (golden hamster) ; 

 Mystromys (mole mouse) ; Lophiotnys (maned rat) ; 

 Lemmus (lemming) ; Microtus (vole) ; Clethrionomys 

 ( = Evotomys) (bank vole) ; Arvicola (water vole) ; 

 Ondatra (muskrat) ; Rattus ( = Epimys) (rat) ; 

 Mastomys (multimammate rat, coucha rat); 

 Apodennis (wood mouse) ; Miis (house mouse) ; 

 Gerbillus (gerbii); Meriones{]\vd); Spalax (mole 

 rat) ; Glis {=Myoxus), Muscardimis (dormice) ; 

 Zapus (jumping mouse) ; Dipus (jerboa) ; Pedetes 

 (jumping hare) 



Sub-order Hystricomorpha 

 Cavia (guinea pig); Hydrochoerus (capybara); 

 Chinchilla (chinchilla); Myocastor (coypu); Hystrix 

 (porcupine) 



Order CETACEA 



Sub-order Odontoceti 



Mesoplodon (beaked whale); Physeter (sperm 

 whale); Delphinus (dolphin); Tursiops ( = Tursio) 

 (bottle-nosed dolphin); Orcinus (killer whale); 

 Phocaena (porpoise) 



Sub-order Mysticeti 



Rhachianectes (grey whale); Balaenoptera (ror- 

 qual) ; Sibbaldiis (blue whale) 



Order CARNIVORA 

 Sub-order Fissipeda 



Canis (wolf, dog, jackal); Vulpes (fox); Ursus 

 (bear) ; Thalarctos (polar bear) ; Procyon (raccoon) ; 

 Potos (kinkajou); Ailurus (panda); Ailuropoda 

 (giant panda); Miistela (=Putorius) (ferret, weasel, 

 mink, ermine, polecat, stoat); Martes (marten, 

 sable) ; Meles (badger) ; Tb.v/f/f'a (American badger) ; 

 Spilogale (spotted skunk); Lutra (otter); Herpestes 

 (mongoose); //meoa (striped hyaena) ; Viverra 

 (civet); Felis (cat); Felis (=Puma) (mountain lion, 

 cougar) ; Panthera ( =Leo) (lion) ; Panthera 

 ( = Tigris) (tiger) ; Panthera ( =Jaguarius) (jaguar) ; 

 Panthera (panther, leopard); Acinonyx (cheetah) 



