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Discovery of Mammals : Identify species - Beginner Mode
You know visually a species, but you do not know his name !
Try to recognize from the Identification Table
Try to recognize from the Identification Table
Level 1 : Select by major Group (Orders)
Click on group selected to refine your search
IDENTIFICATION TABLE
MONOTREME
Oceania
Only mammals to lay eggs
Platypus, Echidna
CARNIVORS
Europa, Asia, America, Africa, Poles
Eat the flesh
Lion, Wolf, Bear, Panda, Hyaena, Weasel, etc
MARSUPIALA
Oceania, Indonesia, America
Have a ventral pocket
Kangaroo, Wallaby, Koala, Opossum, etc
PINNIPEDS
Europa, Asia, America, Africa, Poles
Have fins and live in the water
Seal, Fur seal, Walrus, Sea lion
XENARTHRA
Southern America
Have no teeth and some have a carapace
Anteater, Sloth, Armadillo
INSECTIVORS
Europa, Asia, America, Africa
Small animals that eat insects
Mole, Hedgehog, Shrew
PHOLIDOTA
Africa, Asia
Have no teeth and wear scales
Pangolin
AFROSORICIDS
Africa
Small animals eat insects
Golden mole, Tenrec
LAGOMORPHS
Europa, Asia, America, Africa, Poles
Gnawing and most have big ears
Rabbit, Hare, Pika
SCANDENTIENS
Asia
Small mammals with a long tail
Tree shrew
RODENTS
Europa, Asia, America, Africa, Oceania
Small animals that gnaw
Mouse, Beaver, Squirrel, Hamster, Vole, etc
MACROSCELIDS
Africa
Small animals with long, pointed snout
Elephant shrew
CETATEANS
Seas and Oceans
Live in water and wear fins
Whale, Killer whale, Dolphin
PROBOSCIDS
Africa, Asia
The largest land mammal
Elephant
SIRENIA
South Ocean, Amazonia
Only herbivorous marine mammals
Manatee, Dugong
HYRACOIDS
Africa
Small archaic ungulates
Hyrax
CHIROPTERA
Europa, Asia, Africa, America, Oceania
The limbs are converted into wings
Bat
TUBULIDENTE
Africa
Ungulate long nosed that eats insects
Aardvark
DERMOPTERS
Southern Asia
Looks like a monkey, it planes
Flying lemur
PERISSODACTYLS
Africa, Asia
Herbivors with hoof or 3 fingers
Wild ass, Zebra, Rhinoceros, Tapir
PRIMATES
Europa, Africa, Asia, Southern America
Monkeys living in trees
Chimpanzee, Gorille, Macaque, Gibbon, etc
ARTIODACTYLS
Europa, Africa, Asia, America
Herbivors, some have horns or wood
Camel, Giraffe, Gazelle, Buffalo, Deer, etc
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