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mammal family

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Noun1.mammal family - a family of mammalsmammal family - a family of mammals                  
Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
Caenolestidae, family Caenolestidae - small marsupials of southern South America
family Macropodidae, Macropodidae - kangaroos; wallabies
family Phalangeridae, Phalangeridae - phalangers; koalas
Dasyuridae, family Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinae - dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils
family Tenrecidae, Tenrecidae - tenrecs and extinct related forms
Balaenopteridae, family Balaenopteridae - rorquals; blue whales
Eschrichtiidae, family Eschrichtiidae - comprising only the grey whales
family Hyperodontidae, family Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, Ziphiidae - beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae
family Trichechidae, Trichechidae - comprising only the manatees
Dugongidae, family Dugongidae - a family of mammals of order Sirenia including dugongs and Steller's sea cow
family Otariidae, Otariidae - eared seals: sea lions and fur seals
family Phocidae, Phocidae - earless seals
family Odobenidae, Odobenidae - walruses and extinct forms
Canidae, family Canidae - dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes
family Felidae, Felidae - cats; wildcats; lions; leopards; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers
family Ursidae, Ursidae - bears and extinct related forms
family Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophidae - Old World leaf-nosed bats
family Hipposideridae, Hipposideridae - Old World leafnose bats
family Megadermatidae, Megadermatidae - Old World false vampire bats


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There's gorgeous footage of a tiny fleetfooted elephant shrew, or sengi as they're now called, outwitting a hungry lizard and lots of examples of the way the mammal family (mammily?
There's gorgeous footage of a tiny fleet-footed elephant shrew, or sengi as they're now called, outwitting a hungry lizard and lots of examples of the way the mammal family unit helps it survive.
Pygmy tarsiers are primates--members of the same mammal family as monkeys, apes, and humans.
 
 
 
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