Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata

Class Aves

Order Galliformes-“chicken form”-chickens, pheasants, turkeys

Order Falconiformes-“Falcon form”-eagles, falcons

Order Passeriformes-“sparrow form”-songbirds
Order Anseriformes-“goose form”-geese, ducks

Order Columbiformes-“dove form”-pigeons, doves

Class Mammalia-“breast” [ ]= not responsible for classification

[Infraclass Ornithodelphia]-bird womb

Order Monotremata -“one hole”

platypus, echidna
[Infraclass Metatheria]-“beside wild animal”

Order Marsupialia-“pouched”

Opossum

[Infraclass Eutheria]- “true wild animal”

Order Insectivora- “insect eater”

Shrews , Moles
Order Chiroptera-“hand wing”-

bats

[Family Sciuridae]

Fox squirrel

Prairie dog

13 lined ground squirrel

[Family Erethizontidae]

Porcupine

[Family Muridae]

house mouse-Mus musculus Norway rat- Rattus norvegicus

[Family Geomyidae]

Gopher

Order Lagomorpha-“hare shaped”

Pika
Order Carnivora-“meat eater”

[Family Canidae]

Red fox

[Family Felidae]

cat-

[Family Mustelidae]

Mink

[Family Procyonidae]

Order Primates-“first”

Armadillos

Order Proboscidea-“proboscis”-

Cast mammoth tooth

Baleen
Order Artiodactyla-“even toed”

Cow skull

Mule deer antlers

Be able to ID mammals to order based on skull and teeth