4 ORDERS OF MAMMALS 



The Orders of Living Mammals 



ORDER PRONUNCIATION MEANING EXAMPLES 



Primates Pri'matz First order. . . ( Man ' a P es > and mon - 



l keys. 



Ferae, or 1 „ , f Flesh-eating f Cats, dogs, bears, 



Carnivora . J \ Wild Beasts [ martens. 



Pinnipedia Pin-ni-pe'dia . . . .Fin-footed Sea-lions, seals, walrus. 



Insectivora. . . .In-sec-tiv'o-rah . . Insect-eaters. . .Moles and shrews. 



Chiroptera . . . . Ki-rop'ter-ah Wing-handed I f«, S a ,? v * n g 



Glires, or 1 GWrez Gnawers Hares, gophers, rats, 



Kodentia . . J [ squirrels. 



Ungulata 1 Un-qu-la'tah Hoofed \ . ' . T .' ee P> 



{ swine, tapirs. 



Proboscidea . . .Pro-bos-cid'e-a . . .With proboscis .Elephants only. 



Hyracoidea .... Hy-ra-coi'de-a Hyraxes only. 



r, o /. txti , f Whales, porpoises, 



Cete Sete Whales , , , . ' l 



[ dolphins. 



Sirenia Si-re' 'ne-a Sea-Cows Manatee and dugong. 



Edentata E-den-ta'ta Toothless.... , . ' s ' 



[ and ant-eaters. 



Effodientia. . . .Ef-fo-de-en'shia . .Diggers Pangolin, aardvark. 



Marsupialia . . . Mar-su-pi-a'li-a . Pouched Opossum, kangaroo. 



Monotremata. .Mon-o-trem' 'a-ta . Single duct . . . .Platypus and echidna. 



1 In accordance with the requirements of exact science, Professor Henry Fair- 

 field Osborn divides the Ungulates into two Orders: the Artiodactyla, or Even- 

 toed, and Pe-rissodactyla, or Odd-toed hoofed animals. On account, however, of 

 the place now held in the mind of the general reader and teacher by the long- 

 known Order Ungulata, I hesitate to make here a complete change in its form. 



