Table 1.
Classification of therian mammals
| Subclass Theria |
| Infraclass Metatheria (marsupials) |
| Order Dasyuromorphia (Phascogale = phascogale) |
| Order Didelphimorphia (Didelphis = opossum) |
| Order Diprotodontia (Pseudochirops = ringtail possum; Vombatus = wombat) |
| Order Microbiotheria (Dromiciops = monito del monte) |
| Order Notoryctemorphia (Notoryctes = marsupial mole) |
| Order Paucituberculata (Caenolestes = shrew opossum) |
| Order Peramelina (Echymipera = bandicoot) |
| Infraclass Eutheria (placentals) |
| Order Artiodactyla (Bos = cow; Sus = pig) |
| Order Carnivora (Felis = cat) |
| Order Cetacea (Balaenoptera = whale; Steno = rough-toothed dolphin) |
| Order Chiroptera (Cynopterus = dog-faced bat; Megaderma = false vampire bat; Pteropus = flying fox; Tonatia = round-eared bat) |
| Order Dermoptera (Cynocephalus = flying lemur) |
| Order Hyracoidea (Procavia = hyrax) |
| Order Insectivora (Erinaceus = hedgehogs; Sorex = shrew) |
| Order Lagomorpha (Oryctolagus = rabbit) |
| Order Macroscelidea (Elephantulus = elephant shrew) |
| Order Perissodactyla (Equus = horse) |
| Order Pholidota (Manis = pangolin) |
| Order Primates (Galago = galago; Homo = human; Tarsius = tarsier) |
| Order Proboscidea (Loxodonta = elephant) |
| Order Rodentia (Mus = mouse; Spalax = blind mole rat) |
| Order Scandentia (Tupaia = tree-shrew) |
| Order Sirenia (Dugong = dugong; Trichechus = manatee) |
| Order Tubulidentata (Orycteropus = aardvark) |
| Order Xenarthra (Bradypus = sloth) |