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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Synapsida (synapsids)
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Class Mammalia (mammals)
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Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
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Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
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Order Afrosoricida (tenrecs and golden moles) -
Order Carnivora (carnivores)
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Superorder Cetartiodactyla (cetaceans and artiodactyls)
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Order Chiroptera (bats)
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Order Cingulata (armadillos)
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Order Dermoptera (flying lemurs)
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Order Erinaceomorpha (gymnures and hedgehogs)
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Order Hyracoidea (hyraxes)
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Order Lagomorpha (hares, pikas, and rabbits)
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Order Macroscelidea (elephant-shrews)
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Order Perissodactyla (horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs)
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Order Pholidota (pangolins)
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Order Pilosa (edentates)
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Order Primates (primates)
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Order Proboscidea (elephants)
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Order Rodentia (rodents)
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Order Scandentia (tree shrews)
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Order Sirenia (dugongs, manatees, and sea cows)
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Order Soricomorpha (insectivores)
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Order Tubulidentata (aardvark)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
