This document provides information about different mammal orders and families. It discusses the orders Tubulidentata (aardvarks), Perissodactyla (horses, tapirs, rhinos), and Cetacea (whales, dolphins, porpoises). For Cetacea, it describes the two suborders Mysticeti (baleen whales) and Odontoceti (toothed whales) and lists several families within each suborder. It provides the scientific names for many whale, dolphin, and other mammal species.
5. Order Perissodactyla Family Equidae- Asses, horse, and zebras Equusasinus- ass Equuscaballus- horse Family Tapiridae- Tapirs Family Rhinocerotidae- rhinoceroses
10. Order Cetacea The order Cetaceais split into two Suborders and they are: Suborder Mysticeti Suborder Odontoceti
11. Suborder Mysticeti Family Balaenidae- Right whales Eubaleanaglacialis- North Atlantic right whale Family Balaenopteridae-rorquals Balaenopteraacutorostrata- Common minke whale Balaenopteraedeni-Bryde’s whale Balaenopteramusculus- Blue whale Blalaenopteraphysalus- fin whale Megapteranovaeangliae- Humpback whale
29. Suborder Odonoceti Family Monodontidae- beluga and narwhal Family Phocoenidae- porpoises Family Physeteridae- sperm whales Kogiabreviceps- pygmy sperm whale Kogiasimus- dwarf sperm whale Physetercatodon- sperm whale Family Platanistidae- Indian river dolphins Family Iniidae- river dolphins