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Land Mammals

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Classification Order Family Genus/species Common Name
Land Mammals (Mammalia) Artiodactyla Bovidae Capra hircus Domestic Goat
Suidae Sus scrofa Pig
Carnivora Canidae Canis familiaris Domestic Dog
Felidae Felis catus Domestic Cat
Felis tigris Bengal Tiger
Panthera tigris Siberian Tiger
Puma concolor Puma
Chiroptera Phyllostomidae Artibeus literatus Fruit-eating Bat
Carollia perspicillata Seba's Short-tailed Bat
Desmodus rotundus Vampire Bat
Phyllostomus discolor Spear-nosed Bat
Vespertilionidae Eptesicus fuscus Big Brown Bat
Lasiurus borealis Eastern Red Bat
Myotis myotis Mouse-eared Bat
Pipistrellus abramus Japanese House Bat
Erinaceidae Atelerix albiventris African Pygmy Hedgehog
Erinaceus europaeus European Hedgehog
Soricidae Sorex araneus Common Shrew
Leporidae Sylvilagus floridanus Cottontail Rabbit
Marsupialia Didelphidae Didelphis virginiana Opossum
Perissodactyla Equidae Equus caballus Horse
Primates Cebidae Saimiri sciureus Common Squirrel Monkey
Macaca mulatta Rhesus Macaque
Macaca nemestrina Pigtail Macaque
Hominidae Homo sapien Human
Proboscidea Elephantidae Elephas maximus Asian Elephant
Loxodonta africana African Elephant
Rodentia Chinchillidae Chinchilla lanigera Chinchilla
Heteromyidae Dipodomys spectabilis Kangaroo Rat
Muridae Meriones unguiculatus Gerbil
Mus Musculus House Mouse
Rattus norvegicus Norwegian Brown Rat
Rattus rattus Rat