English > mammal family: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | A family of mammals. |
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| Member of | Vertebrata, subphylum Vertebrata, Craniata, subphylum Craniata | fishes |
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| Narrower | Ailuropodidae, family Ailuropodidae | In some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas |
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| Antilocapridae, family Antilocapridae | Comprising only the pronghorns |
| Aplodontiidae, family Aplodontiidae | mountain beavers |
| Balaenidae, family Balaenidae | right whales |
| Balaenopteridae, family Balaenopteridae | rorquals |
| Bassariscidae, subfamily Bassariscidae | In some classifications considered a separate family |
| Bathyergidae, family Bathyergidae | mole rats |
| Bovidae, family Bovidae | true antelopes |
| Bovinae, subfamily Bovinae | Term not used technically |
| Bradypodidae, family Bradypodidae | A family of edentates comprising the true sloths |
| Caenolestidae, family Caenolestidae | small marsupials of southern South America |
| Callithricidae, family Callithricidae | marmosets |
| Camelidae, family Camelidae | camels and llamas and vicunas |
| Canidae, family Canidae | dogs |
| Capromyidae, family Capromyidae | coypus |
| Castoridae, family Castoridae | beavers |
| Caviidae, family Caviidae | A family of Hystricomorpha |
| Cebidae, family Cebidae | All the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins |
| Cercopithecidae, family Cercopithecidae | (Old World monkeys) guenon |
| Cervidae, family Cervidae | deer |
| Chinchillidae, family Chinchillidae | small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents |
| Chrysochloridae, family Chrysochloridae | golden moles |
| Cricetidae, family Cricetidae | Mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters |
| Cynocephalidae, family Cynocephalidae | A family of Dermoptera |
| Dasypodidae, family Dasypodidae | armadillos |
| Dasyproctidae, family Dasyproctidae | agoutis and pacas |
| Dasyuridae, family Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinae | dasyures |
| Daubentoniidae, family Daubentoniidae | Comprising solely the aye-aye |
| Delphinidae, family Delphinidae | dolphins |
| Desmodontidae, family Desmodontidae | true vampire bats |
| Didelphidae, family Didelphidae | opossums |
| Dipodidae, family Dipodidae | Old World jerboas |
| Dugongidae, family Dugongidae | A family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow |
| Elephantidae, family Elephantidae | elephants |
| Equidae, family Equidae | horses |
| Erethizontidae, family Erethizontidae | New World arboreal porcupines |
| Erinaceidae, family Erinaceidae | true hedgehogs |
| Eschrichtiidae, family Eschrichtiidae | Comprising only the grey whales |
| Felidae, family Felidae | cats |
| Geomyidae, family Geomyidae | North American pocket gophers |
| Gerbillinae, subfamily Gerbillinae | gerbils |
| Giraffidae, family Giraffidae | giraffes |
| Gliridae, family Gliridae | dormice and other Old World forms |
| Gomphotheriidae, family Gomphotheriidae | elephants extinct since the Pleistocene |
| Heteromyidae, family Heteromyidae | small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping |
| Hippopotamidae, family Hippopotamidae | hippopotami |
| Hipposideridae, family Hipposideridae | Old World leafnose bats |
| Hominidae, family Hominidae | modern man and extinct immediate ancestors of man |
| Hyaenidae, family Hyaenidae | hyenas |
| Hydrochoeridae, family Hydrochoeridae | capybara |
| Hydromyinae, subfamily Hydromyinae | water rats of Australia and New Guinea |
| Hylobatidae, family Hylobatidae | Used in some classifications for the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs) |
| Hystricidae, family Hystricidae | Old World porcupines |
| Indriidae, family Indriidae | A family of Lemuroidea |
| Lemuridae, family Lemuridae | typical lemurs |
| Leporidae, family Leporidae | hares and rabbits |
| Lorisidae, family Lorisidae | slow-moving omnivorous nocturnal primates of tropical Asia |
| Lutrinae, subfamily Lutrinae | subdivision not used in some classifications |
| Macropodidae, family Macropodidae | kangaroos |
| Mammutidae, family Mammutidae, family Mastodontidae | Extinct family |
| Manidae, family Manidae | coextensive with the order Pholidota |
| Megadermatidae, family Megadermatidae | Old World false vampire bats |
| Megalonychidae, family Megalonychidae | mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths |
| Megatheriidae, family Megatheriidae | Extinct ground sloths |
| Melinae, subfamily Melinae | subdivision not used in some classifications |
| Mephitinae, subfamily Mephitinae | subdivision not used in some classifications |
| Molossidae, family Molossidae | mastiff bats |
| Monodontidae, family Monodontidae | narwhals |
| Muridae, family Muridae | originally / originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide / worldwide |
| Muroidea, superfamily Muroidea | A superfamily of rodents essentially equal to the suborder Myomorpha but with the Dipodidae excluded |
| Mustelidae, family Mustelidae | Weasels |
| Mylodontidae, family Mylodontidae | Extinct South American edentates |
| Myrmecophagidae, family Myrmecophagidae | New World anteaters |
| Notoryctidae, family Notoryctidae | pouched moles |
| Ochotonidae, family Ochotonidae | pikas and extinct forms |
| Odobenidae, family Odobenidae | walruses and extinct forms |
| Ornithorhynchidae, family Ornithorhynchidae | platypus |
| Orycteropodidae, family Orycteropodidae | aardvarks |
| Otariidae, family Otariidae | eared seals |
| Peramelidae, family Peramelidae | bandicoots |
| Petauristidae, subfamily Petauristidae | Old World flying squirrels |
| Phalangeridae, family Phalangeridae | phalangers |
| Phocidae, family Phocidae | earless seals |
| Phyllostomidae, family Phyllostomidae, Phyllostomatidae, family Phyllostomatidae | New World leaf-nosed bats |
| Physeteridae, family Physeteridae | sperm whales |
| Platanistidae, family Platanistidae | river dolphins |
| Platyrrhini, superfamily Platyrrhini | (New World monkeys) capuchin |
| Pongidae, family Pongidae | usually considered as comprising orangutans |
| Potamogalidae, family Potamogalidae | otter shrews |
| Potoroinae, subfamily Potoroinae | rat kangaroos |
| Procaviidae, family Procaviidae | Includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea |
| Procyonidae, family Procyonidae | raccoons |
| Rhinocerotidae, family Rhinocerotidae, rhinoceros family | rhinoceroses |
| Rhinolophidae, family Rhinolophidae | Old World leaf-nosed bats |
| Sciuridae, family Sciuridae | A mammal family of true squirrels including |
| Soricidae, family Soricidae | shrews |
| Spalacidae, family Spalacidae | mole rats |
| Suidae, family Suidae | pigs |
| Tachyglossidae, family Tachyglossidae | Echidnas |
| Talpidae, family Talpidae | moles |
| Tapiridae, family Tapiridae | tapirs and extinct related forms |
| Tarsiidae, family Tarsiidae | coextensive with the genus Tarsius |
| Tayassuidae, family Tayassuidae | peccaries |
| Tenrecidae, family Tenrecidae | tenrecs and extinct related forms |
| Tragulidae, family Tragulidae | chevrotains |
| Trichechidae, family Trichechidae | Comprising only the manatees |
| Tupaiidae, family Tupaiidae | tree shrews |
| Uintatheriidae, family Uintatheriidae | An extinct family of Dinocerata |
| Ursidae, family Ursidae | bears and extinct related forms |
| Vespertilionidae, family Vespertilionidae | The majority of common bats of temperate regions of the world |
| Viverridae, family Viverridae, Viverrinae, family Viverrinae | genets |
| Vombatidae, family Vombatidae | wombats |
| Zapodidae, family Zapodidae | jumping mice |
| Ziphiidae, family Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, family Hyperodontidae | beaked whales |
| Broader | family | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera |
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| Spanish | mamíferos |
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| Catalan | mamífers |
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