1.6.1.1 Mammal

Use this domain for general words referring to mammals (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia).

OMC Codes: 
136f Mammals
  • What general words refer to mammals?
    mammal, mammalian, animal

    • 1.6.1.1.1 Primate

    Use this domain for primates (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Primates).

  • What general words refer to primates?
    primate, ape, monkey, anthropoid
  • What species of primates are there?
    baboon, capuchin, chimpanzee, colobus, gibbon, gorilla, langur, lemur, orangutan, macaque, mandrill, marmoset, rhesus, ringtail

    • 1.6.1.1.2 Carnivore

    Use this domain for carnivores--meat-eating animals (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora).

  • What general words refer to carnivores?
    carnivore, meat eater, meat eating
  • What animals are in the dog family?
    dog, wolf, coyote, fox, jackal, wild-dog, dingo
  • What animals are in the cat family?
    cat, lion, lioness, leopard, leopardess, genet, wild-cat, bobcat, cheetah, tiger, tigress, lynx, wildcat, cougar, panther, puma, jaguar, jaguarundi, ocelot, caracal
  • What animals are in the bear family?
    bear, grizzly, koala, panda, polar bear
  • What animals are in the weasel family?
    weasel, ermine, ferret, marten, mink, otter, polecat, skunk, stoat
  • What animals are in the sable family?
    sable, wolverine
  • What animals are in the civet cat family?
    civet cat, mongoose
  • What other carnivores are there?
    hyena, raccoon, coon,

    • 1.6.1.1.3 Hoofed animals

    Use this domain for even-toed hoofed animals (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla), odd-toed hoofed animals (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Perissodactyla), and elephants (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Proboscidea).

  • What general words refer to hoofed animals?
    ungulate, herbivore, clean animal, ruminant
  • What species of two-toed hoofed animals are there?
    cattle, cow, goat, sheep, alpaca, antelope, bighorn sheep, bison, buffalo, camel, carabao, caribou, chamois, deer, stag, buck, doe, dromedary, eland, elk, gazelle, gemsbok, giraffe, gnu, hart, hartebeest, ibex, kudu, llama, moose, musk ox, okapi, oryx, pronghorn, reindeer, roe, roebuck, sable antelope, sambar, springbok, steenbok, wildebeest, yak
  • What species of four-toed hoofed animals are there?
    pig, hog, warthog, peccary, javelina, hippopotamus
  • What species of odd-toed hoofed animals are there?
    horse, donkey, zebra, tapir, rhinoceros, elephant, pachyderm, onager

    • 1.6.1.1.4 Rodent

    Use this domain for rodents--gnawing animals (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Rodentia), insect eating animals (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Insectivora), rabbits (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Lagomorpha), and hyraxes (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Hyracoidea).

  • What general words refer to rodents?
    rodent
  • What species of rodent are there?
    rat, mouse, squirrel, chipmunk, marmot, beaver, porcupine, capybara, cavy, chinchilla, coypu, gerbil, gopher, hamster, lemming, muskrat, vole, woodchuck
  • What species of insect eating animals are there?
    mole, shrew, hedgehog
  • What species of rabbit are there?
    rabbit, cottontail, hare, pika
  • What species of hyrax are there?
    hyrax, coney, dassy

    • 1.6.1.1.5 Marsupial

    Use this domain for marsupials (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Marsupialia). Marsupials carry their young in a pouch.

  • What general words refer to marsupials?
    marsupial
  • What species of marsupials are there?
    opossum, possum, kangaroo, wallaby, Tasmanian devil, wombat

    • 1.6.1.1.6 Anteater, aardvark

    Use this domain for mammals with few or no teeth--anteaters (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Edentata), pangolins (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Pholidota), aardvarks (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Tubulidentata), and platypus--mammals that lay eggs (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Monotremata).

  • What species of anteaters are there?
    anteater, sloth, armadillo
  • What species of pangolin are there?
    pangolin, scaly anteater
  • What words refer to the aardvark?
    aardvark
  • What species of mammals lay eggs?
    duckbill platypus, spiny anteater

    • 1.6.1.1.7 Sea mammal

    Use this domain for mammals that live in the sea--whales and dolphins (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Cetacea), seals (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Pinnipedia), and sea cows (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Sirenia).

  • What general words refer to sea mammals?
    cetacean, pinniped
  • What species of whales and dolphins are there?
    whale, sperm whale, killer whale, blue whale, right whale, dolphin, porpoise
  • What species of seals are there?
    seal, walrus, sea lion
  • What species of sea cow are there?
    sea cow, manatee

    • 1.6.1.1.8 Bat

    Use this domain for bats--flying mammals (phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Chiroptera).

  • What general words refer to bats?
    bat
  • What types of bats are there?
    fruit bat, vampire bat