List of placental mammals
The class Mammalia is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: monotremes, which lay eggs, and therians, mammals which give live birth, which has two infraclasses: marsupials/metatherians and placentals/eutherians. See List of monotremes and marsupials, and for the clades and families, see Mammal classification. Classification updated from the VertLife website.
Magnorder [Atlantogenata]
Superorder [Afrotheria]
Grandorder [Afroinsectiphilia]
Order [Tubulidentata] ([aardvark]s)
Family Orycteropodidae- *Genus Orycteropus
- **Aardvark, ''Orycteropus afer''
Mirorder [Afroinsectivora]
Order [Macroscelidea] ([elephant shrew]s)
Order [Afrosoricida] ([tenrec]s, [golden mole]s and [otter shrew]s)
Grandorder Paenungulata
Order [Hyracoidea] ([hyrax]es)
Family Procaviidae- * Genus Dendrohyrax
- ** Southern tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax arboreus
- ** Western tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax dorsalis
- * Genus Heterohyrax
- ** Yellow-spotted rock hyrax, Heterohyrax brucei
- * Genus Procavia
- ** Cape hyrax, ''Procavia capensis''
Mirorder [Tethytheria]
Order [Proboscidea] ([elephant]s)
Family Elephantidae- *Genus Loxodonta
- **African forest elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis
- **African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana
- *Genus Elephas
- **Asian elephant, ''Elephas maximus''
Order [Sirenia] ([dugong]s and [manatee]s)
Family Dugongidae - * Genus Dugong
- **Dugong, Dugong dugon
- * Genus Hydrodamalis
- **†Steller's sea cow, Hydrodamalis gigasFamily Trichechidae
- *Genus Trichechus
- **West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus
- **African manatee, Trichechus senegalensis
- **Amazonian manatee, Trichechus inunguis
- **Dwarf manatee, Trichecus pygmaeus – validity questionable
Magnorder [Boreoeutheria]
Superorder [Euarchontoglires]
Grandorder [Euarchonta]
Order [Scandentia] ([treeshrew]s)
Mirorder [Primatomorpha]
Order [Dermoptera] ([colugo]s)
Family Cynocephalidae- * Genus Cynocephalus
- ** Philippine flying lemur, Cynocephalus volans
- * Genus Galeopterus
- **Sunda flying lemur, ''Galeopterus variegatus''
Order [Primates]