mammal family

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mammal family - a family of mammals Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammalsfamily Tachyglossidae, Tachyglossidae - echidnasfamily Ornithorhynchidae, Ornithorhynchidae - platypusDidelphidae, family Didelphidae - opossumsCaenolestidae, family Caenolestidae - small marsupials of southern South Americafamily Peramelidae, Peramelidae - bandicootsfamily Macropodidae, Macropodidae - kangaroos; wallabiesPotoroinae, subfamily Potoroinae - rat kangaroosfamily Phalangeridae, Phalangeridae - phalangers; koalasfamily Vombatidae, Vombatidae - wombatsDasyuridae, family Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinae - dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devilsfamily Notoryctidae, Notoryctidae - pouched molesfamily Talpidae, Talpidae - molesChrysochloridae, family Chrysochloridae - golden molesfamily Soricidae, Soricidae - shrewsErinaceidae, family Erinaceidae - true hedgehogsfamily Tenrecidae, Tenrecidae - tenrecs and extinct related formsfamily Potamogalidae, Potamogalidae - otter shrewsBalaenidae, family Balaenidae - right whalesBalaenopteridae, family Balaenopteridae - rorquals; blue whalesEschrichtiidae, family Eschrichtiidae - comprising only the grey whalesfamily Physeteridae, Physeteridae - sperm whalesfamily Hyperodontidae, family Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, Ziphiidae - beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family PhyseteridaeDelphinidae, family Delphinidae - dolphinsfamily Platanistidae, Platanistidae - river dolphinsfamily Monodontidae, Monodontidae - narwhalsfamily Trichechidae, Trichechidae - comprising only the manateesDugongidae, family Dugongidae - a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cowfamily Otariidae, Otariidae - eared seals: sea lions and fur sealsfamily Phocidae, Phocidae - earless sealsfamily Odobenidae, Odobenidae - walruses and extinct formsfamily Orycteropodidae, Orycteropodidae - aardvarksCanidae, family Canidae - dogs; wolves; jackals; foxesfamily Hyaenidae, Hyaenidae - hyenasfamily Felidae, Felidae - cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigersfamily Ursidae, Ursidae - bears and extinct related formsfamily Viverridae, family Viverrinae, Viverridae, Viverrinae - genets; civets; mongoosesfamily Phyllostomatidae, family Phyllostomidae, Phyllostomatidae, Phyllostomidae - New World leaf-nosed batsfamily Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophidae - Old World leaf-nosed batsfamily Hipposideridae, Hipposideridae - Old World leafnose batsfamily Megadermatidae, Megadermatidae - Old World false vampire batsfamily Vespertilionidae, Vespertilionidae - the majority of common bats of temperate regions of the worldfamily Molossidae, Molossidae - mastiff bats; freetail batsDesmodontidae, family Desmodontidae - true vampire batsfamily Leporidae, Leporidae - hares and rabbitsfamily Ochotonidae, Ochotonidae - pikas and extinct formsMuroidea, superfamily Muroidea - a superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded