List of families

This is a list of families used in scientific classification.

Contents 1 Kingdom Animalia 1.1 Phylum Chordata 1.1.1 Class Aves 1.1.1.1 Order Accipitriformes 1.1.1.2 Order Anseriformes 1.1.1.3 Order Apodiformes 1.1.1.4 Order Archaeopterygiformes 1.1.1.5 Order Caprimulgiformes 1.1.1.6 Order Charadriiformes 1.1.1.7 Order Ciconiiformes 1.1.1.8 Order Coliiformes 1.1.1.9 Order Columbiformes 1.1.1.10 Order Confuciusornithiformes 1.1.1.11 Order Coraciiformes 1.1.1.12 Order Cuculiformes 1.1.1.13 Subclass Enantiornithes 1.1.1.14 Order Falconiformes 1.1.1.15 Order Galliformes 1.1.1.16 Order Gaviiformes 1.1.1.17 Order Gruiformes 1.1.1.18 Order Hesperornithiformes 1.1.1.19 Order Ichthyornithiformes 1.1.1.20 Order Jeholornithiformes 1.1.1.21 Order Omnivoropterygiformes 1.1.1.22 Order Passeriformes 1.1.1.23 Order Pelecaniformes 1.1.1.24 Order Phoenicopteriformes 1.1.1.25 Order Piciformes 1.1.1.26 Order Podicipediformes 1.1.1.27 Order Procellariiformes 1.1.1.28 Order Psittaciformes 1.1.1.29 Order Pteroclidiformes 1.1.1.30 Order Sphenisciformes 1.1.1.31 Order Strigiformes 1.1.1.32 Order Struthioniformes 1.1.1.33 Order Tinamiformes 1.1.1.34 Order Trochiliformes 1.1.1.35 Order Trogoniformes 1.1.1.36 Order Turniciformes 1.1.1.37 Order Yanornithiformes 1.1.2 Class Mammalia 1.1.2.1 Order Artiodactyla 1.1.2.2 Order Carnivora 1.1.2.3 Order Cetacea 1.1.2.4 Order Chiroptera 1.1.2.5 Order Dasyuromorphia 1.1.2.6 Order Dermoptera 1.1.2.7 Order Didelphimorphia 1.1.2.8 Order Diprotodontia 1.1.2.9 Order Hyracoidea 1.1.2.10 Order Insectivora 1.1.2.11 Order Lagomorpha 1.1.2.12 Order Macroscelidea 1.1.2.13 Order Microbiotheria 1.1.2.14 Order Monotremata 1.1.2.15 Order Notoryctemorphia 1.1.2.16 Order Paucituberculata 1.1.2.17 Order Peramelemorphia 1.1.2.18 Order Perissodactyla 1.1.2.19 Order Pholidota 1.1.2.20 Order Primates 1.1.2.21 Order Proboscidea 1.1.2.22 Order Rodentia 1.1.2.23 Order Scandentia 1.1.2.24 Order Sirenia 1.1.2.25 Order Tubulidentata 1.1.2.26 Order Xenarthra 1.1.3 Class Sauropsida 1.1.3.1 Order Procolophonomorpha 1.1.3.2 Order Testudines 1.1.3.3 Order Araeoscelidia 1.1.3.4 Order Younginiformes 1.1.3.5 Order Placodontia 1.1.3.6 Order Nothosauria 1.1.3.7 Order Plesiosauria 1.1.3.8 Order Sphenodontia 1.1.3.9 Order Squamata 1.1.3.10 Infraclass Archosauromorpha 1.1.3.11 Order Choristodera 1.1.3.12 Order Prolacertiformes 1.1.3.13 Unranked Archosauriformes 1.1.3.14 Order Crocodylia 1.1.3.15 Order Pterosauria 1.1.3.16 Order Saurischia 1.1.3.17 Order Ornithischia 2 Kingdom Plantae 2.1 Phylum Magnoliophyta 2.1.1 Class Magnoliopsida 2.1.1.1 Order Asterales

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Chordata

Class Aves

Order Accipitriformes

• Family Accipitridae: hawks, eagles, buzzards, Old World vultures, and allies
• Family Cathartidae: New World vultures
• Family Pandionidae: Osprey
• Family Sagittaridae: Secretary Bird

Order Anseriformes

• Family Anhimidae: screamers
• Family Anseranatidae: magpie-geese
• Family Anatidae: ducks, geese, and swans
• Family Dromornithidae (extinct)
• Family Presbyornithidae (extinct)

Order Apodiformes

• Family Aegialornithidae (fossil)
• Family Apodidae - swifts
• Family Jungornithidae (fossil)
• Family Hemiprocnidae - treeswifts
• Family Trochilidae - hummingbirds

Order Archaeopterygiformes

Extinct.

• Family Archaeopterygidae (fossil)

Order Caprimulgiformes

• Family Aegothelidae (owlet-nightjars, 9 species in one genus)
• Family Caprimulgidae
• Family Nyctibiidae (Potoos, about 5 species in 1 genus)
• Family Podargidae (frogmouths, 12 species in 2 genera)
• Family Steatornithidae (Oilbird)

Order Charadriiformes

• Family Alcidae: puffins, guillemots, murres, and allies
• Family Burhinidae: thick-knees
• Family Charadriidae: plovers and lapwings
• Family Chionididae: sheathbills
• Family Dromadidae: Crab Plover
• Family Glareolidae: pratincoles and coursers
• Family Haematopodidae: oystercatchers
• Family Ibidorhynchidae: Ibisbill
• Family Jacanidae: jacanas
• Family Laridae: gulls
• Family Pedionomidae: Plains Wanderer
• Family Pluvianellidae: Magellanic Plover
• Family Recurvirostridae: avocets
• Family Rhynchopidae: skimmers
• Family Rostratulidae: painted snipe
• Family Scolopacidae: snipe, sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies
• Family Stercorariidae: skuas
• Family Sternidae: terns
• Family Thinocoridae: seedsnipe
• Family Turnicidae: buttonquails

Order Ciconiiformes

• Family Ardeidae: herons and egrets
• Family Balaenicipitidae (the Shoebill)
• Family Scopidae (the Hammerkop)
• Family Ciconiidae; storks
• Family Threskiornithidae: ibises and spoonbills
• Family Cathartidae: New World vultures

Order Coliiformes

• Family Coliidae: mousebirds

Order Columbiformes

• Family Columbidae pigeons and doves
• Family Raphidae (extinct) dodos

Order Confuciusornithiformes

Extinct.

• Family Confuciusornithidae (fossil)

Order Coraciiformes

• Family Alcedinidae (river kingfishers)
• Family Brachypteraciidae (ground rollers)
• Family Bucerotidae (hornbills)
• Family Cerylidae (water or belted kingfishers)
• Family Coraciidae (rollers)
• Family Eocoraciidae (fossil)
• Family Halcyonidae (tree kingfishers)
• Family Leptosomatidae (Cuckoo Roller)
• Family Meropidae (bee-eaters)
• Family Messelirrisoridae (fossil)
• Family Momotidae (motmots)
• Family Phoeniculidae (woodhoopoes)
• Family Primobucconidae (fossil)
• Family Todidae (todies)
• Family Upupidae (Hoopoe)

Order Cuculiformes

• Family Cuculidae: cuckoos
• Family Musophagidae: turacos and allies
• Family Opisthocomidae: Hoatzin

Subclass Enantiornithes

Extinct.

• Family Aberratiodontuidae (fossil)
• Family Alexornithidae (fossil)
• Family Avisauridae (fossil)
• Family Enantiornithidae (fossil)
• Family Gobipterygidae (fossil)
• Family Iberomesornithidae (fossil)
• Family Longipterygidae (fossil)
• Family Patagopterygidae (fossil)
• Family Zhyraornithidae (fossil)

Order Falconiformes

• Family Accipitridae
• Family Falconidae
• Family Pandionidae
• Family Sagittariidae

Order Galliformes

• Family Cracidae: chachalacas, guans and curassows
• Family Megapodiidae: mound-builders
• Family Meleagrididae: turkeys
• Family Mesitornithidae: mesites (may actually be more closely related to gruiform birds
• Family Numididae: guineafowl
• Family Odontophoridae: New World quail
• Family Phasianidae: junglefowl (including the wild form of the domestic chicken), partridges, pheasants, quail, and allies.
• Family Tetraonidae: grouse

Order Gaviiformes

• Family Gaviidae: loons/divers

Order Gruiformes

• Family Aptornithidae: adzebills (prehistoric)
• Family Aramidae: Limpkin
• Family Cariamidae: seriemas
• Family Eurypygidae: Sunbittern
• Family Gastornithidae: diatrymas (fossil)
• Family Gruidae: cranes
• Family Heliornithidae: finfoots and Sungrebe
• Family Otididae: bustards
• Family Phorusrhacidae: terror birds (fossil)
• Family Psophiidae: trumpeters
• Family Rallidae: crakes and rails
• Family Rhynochetidae: Kagu

Order Hesperornithiformes

Extinct.

• Family Baptornithidae (fossil)
• Family Enaliornithidae (fossil)
• Family Hesperornithidae (fossil)

Order Ichthyornithiformes

Extinct.

• Family Ichthyornithidae (fossil)

Order Jeholornithiformes

Extinct.

• Family Jeholornithidae (fossil)

Order Omnivoropterygiformes

Extinct.

• Family Omnivoropterygidae (fossil)

Order Passeriformes

• Family Acanthisittidae: New Zealand wrens
• Family Aegithalidae: long-tailed tits
• Family Aegithinidae: ioras
• Family Alaudidae: larks
• Family Artamidae: wood swallows, butcherbirds, currawongs and Australian Magpie
• Family Atrichornithidae: scrub birds
• Family Bombycillidae: waxwings and allies
• Family Callaeidae: New Zealand wattlebirds
• Family Campephagidae: cuckoo shrikes and trillers
• Family Cardinalidae: cardinals
• Family Certhiidae: treecreepers
• Family Chloropseidae: leafbirds
• Family Cinclidae: dippers
• Family Cinclosomatidae: whipbirds and allies
• Family Cisticolidae: cisticolas and allies
• Family Climacteridae: Australian treecreepers
• Family Coerebidae: Bananaquit
• Family Conopophagidae: gnateaters
• Family Corcoracidae: White-winged Chough and Apostlebird
• Family Corvidae: crows, ravens and jays
• Family Cotingidae: cotingas
• Family Dicaeidae: flowerpeckers
• Family Dicruridae: monarch flycatchers and allies
• Family Drepanididae: Hawaiian honeycreepers
• Family Emberizidae: buntings and American sparrows
• Family Estrildidae: estrildid finches (waxbills, munias, etc)
• Family Eupetidae: rail-babbler
• Family Eurylaimidae: broadbills
• Family Formicariidae: antpittas and antthrushes
• Family Fringillidae: true finches
• Family Furnariidae: ovenbirds and woodcreepers
• Family Hirundinidae: swallows and martins
• Family Hypocoliidae: Hypocolius
• Family Icteridae: grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles
• Family Irenidae: fairy-bluebirds
• Family Laniidae: shrikes
• Family Menuridae: lyrebirds
• Family Malaconotidae: puffback shrikes, bush shrikes, tchagras and boubous
• Family Maluridae: fairy-wrens, emu-wrens and grasswrens
• Family Melanocharitidae: berrypeckers and longbills
• Family Meliphagidae: honeyeaters and chats
• Family Mimidae: mockingbirds and thrashers
• Family Motacillidae: wagtails and pipits
• Family Muscicapidae: Old World flycatchers and chats
• Family Nectariniidae: sunbirds
• Family Neosittidae: sittellas
• Family Oriolidae: orioles and Figbird
• Family Orthonychidae: logrunners
• Family Pachycephalidae: whistlers, shrike-thrushes, pitohuis and allies
• Family Dulidae: palmchat
• Family Paradisaeidae: birds of paradise
• Family Paradoxornithidae: Parrotbills
• Family Paramythiidae: tit berrypecker and crested berrypeckers
• Family Pardalotidae: pardalotes, scrubwrens, thornbills, and gerygones
• Family Paridae: tits, chickadees and titmice
• Family Parulidae: New World warblers
• Family Petroicidae: Australian robins
• Family Peucedramidae: Olive Warbler
• Family Philepittidae: asities
• Family Picathartidae: rockfowl
• Family Pipridae: manakins
• Family Pittidae: pittas
• Family Platysteiridae: wattle-eyes or puffback flycatchers
• Family Ploceidae: weavers
• Family Polioptilidae: gnatcatchers
• Family Pomatostomidae: Australasian babblers
• Family Prionopidae: helmetshrikes.
• Family Promeropidae: sugarbirds
• Family Prunellidae: accentor
• Family Ptilogonatidae: silky flycatchers
• Family Ptilonorhynchidae: bowerbirds
• Family Pycnonotidae: bulbuls
• Family Regulidae: kinglets
• Family Remizidae: penduline tits
• Family Rhabdornithidae: Philippine creepers
• Family Rhinocryptidae: tapaculos
• Family Sittidae: nuthatches
• Family Passeridae: true sparrows
• Family Sturnidae: starlings
• Family Sylviidae: Old World warblers
• Family Thamnophilidae: antbirds
• Family Thraupidae: tanagers and allies
• Family Timaliidae: babblers
• Family Troglodytidae: wrens
• Family Turdidae: thrushes and allies
• Family Turnagridae: Piopio
• Family Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers
• Family Vangidae: vangas
• Family Vireonidae: vireos
• Family Zosteropidae: White-eyes

Order Pelecaniformes

• Family Anhingidae: darters
• Family Fregatidae: frigatebirds
• Family Pelecanidae: pelicans
• Family Pelagornithidae: pseudotooth birds
• Family Phalacrocoracidae: cormorants and shags
• Family Protoplotidae (extinct)
• Family Sulidae: gannets and boobies

Order Phoenicopteriformes

• Family Phoenicopteridae: flamingoes

Order Piciformes

• Family Bucconidae (puffbirds, nunbirds and nunlets: some 30 species)
• Family Capitonidae (barbets: about 80 species)
• Family Galbulidae (jacamars: 18 species)
• Family Indicatoridae (honeyguides: 17 species)
• Family Miopiconidae (fossil)
• Family Picidae (woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks: over 200 species)
• Family Primoscenidae (fossil)
• Family Ramphastidae (toucans: about 40 species)

Order Podicipediformes

• Family Podicipedidae: grebes

Order Procellariiformes

• Family Diomedeidae: (albatrosses)
• Family Hydrobatidae: (storm-petrels)
• Family Pelecanoididae: (diving petrels)
• Family Procellariidae: (shearwaters, fulmarine petrels, gadfly petrels, and prions)

Order Psittaciformes

• Family Cacatuidae: cockatoos
• Family Psittacidae: parrots

Order Pteroclidiformes

• Family Pteroclididae: sandgrouse

Order Sphenisciformes

• Family Spheniscidae: penguins

Order Strigiformes

• Family Strigidae: typical owls
• Family Tytonidae: barn owls

Order Struthioniformes

• Family Aepyornithidae (elephant birds; extinct)
• Family Apterygidae (kiwis)
• Family Casuariidae (emus etc.)
• Family Dinornithidae (moa; extinct)
• Family Rheidae (rheas)
• Family Struthionidae (ostriches)

Order Tinamiformes

• Family Tinamidae: tinamous

Order Trochiliformes

• Family Trochilidae: hummingbirds

Order Trogoniformes

• Family Trogonidae: trogons and quetzals

Order Turniciformes

• Family Turnicidae: buttonquails/hemipodes

Order Yanornithiformes

Extinct.

• Family Yanornithidae (fossil)

Class Mammalia

Order Artiodactyla

• Family Antilocapridae: pronghorn
• Family Bovidae: cattle, goats, sheep, and antelope
• Family Camelidae: camels and llamas
• Family Cervidae: deer
• Family Giraffidae: Giraffe and Okapi
• Family Hippopotamidae: hippos
• Family Moschidae: musk deer
• Family Suidae: pigs
• Family Tayassuidae: peccaries
• Family Tragulidae: chevrotains

Order Carnivora

•  ?Family Prionodontidae: Asiatic linsangs
• Family Ailuridae: red panda; 1 species in 1 genus.
• Family Amphicyonidae: beardogs (extinct)
• Family Canidae: dogs and allies; 37 species in 10 genera
• Family Eupleridae : Malagasy carnivores; 8 species in 7 genera
• Family Felidae: cats; 37 species in 18 genera
• Family Herpestidae: mongooses and allies; 30 species in 13 genera
• Family Hyaenidae: hyenas and aardwolf; 4 species in 4 genera
• Family Mephitidae: skunks and stink badgers; 10 species in 3 genera
• Family Mustelidae: weasels, martens, badgers, and otters; 55 species in 24 genera
• Family Nandiniidae: African palm civets; 1 species in 1 genus
• Family Nimravidae: false sabre-tooths (extinct)
• Family Odobenidae: walruses; 1 species in 1 genus
• Family Otariidae: sea lions, eared seals, fur seals; 14 species in 7 genera
• Family Phocidae: true seals; 19 species in 9 genera
• Family Procyonidae: raccoons and allies; 19 species in 6 genera
• Family Ursidae: bears; 8 species in 4 genera
• Family Viverridae: civets and allies; 32 species in 17 genera

Order Cetacea

• Family Balaenidae: Right whales and Bowhead Whale
• Family Balaenopteridae: Rorquals
• Family Delphinidae: Dolphin
• Family Eschrichtiidae
• Family Iniidae
• Family Kogiidae - MSW3 treats Kogia as a member of Physeteridae
• Family Lipotidae - MSW3 treats Lipotes as a member of Iniidae
• Family Monodontidae
• Family Neobalaenidae: Pygmy Right Whale
• Family Phocoenidae: Porpoises
• Family Physeteridae: Sperm Whale family
• Family Platanistidae
• Family Pontoporiidae - MSW3 treats Pontoporia as a member of Iniidae
• Family Ziphidae, Beaked whales

Order Chiroptera

• Family Antrozoidae (Pallid bats)
• Family Craseonycteridae (Bumblebee Bat or Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat)
• Family Emballonuridae (Sac-winged or Sheath-tailed bats)
• Family Furipteridae (Smoky bats)
• Family Megadermatidae (False vampires)
• Family Molossidae (Free-tailed bats)
• Family Mormoopidae (Ghost-faced or Moustached bats)
• Family Mystacinidae (New Zealand short-tailed bats)
• Family Myzopodidae (Sucker-footed bats)
• Family Natalidae (Funnel-eared bats)
• Family Noctilionidae (Bulldog bats or Fisherman bats)
• Family Nycteridae (Hollow-faced or Slit-faced bats)
• Family Phyllostomidae (Leaf-nosed bats) This family contains (among others) the Vampire bats
• Family Pteropodidae
• Family Rhinolophidae (Horseshoe bats)
• Family Rhinopomatidae (Mouse-tailed bats)
• Family Thyropteridae (Disk-winged bats)
• Family Vespertilionidae (Vesper bats or Evening bats)

Order Dasyuromorphia

• Family Dasyuridae (72 species in 20 genera)
• Family Myrmecobiidae
• Family Thylacinidae

Order Dermoptera

• Family Cynocephalidae

Order Didelphimorphia

• Family Didelphidae

Order Diprotodontia

• Family ?Galanaria (extinct)
• Family ?Ganguroo (extinct)
• Family Acrobatidae: (Feathertail Glider and Feathertail opossum)
• Family Diprotodontidae (extinct)
• Family Hypsiprymnodontidae: Musky Rat-kangaroo
• Family Ilariidae (extinct)
• Family Macropodidae: kangaroos, wallabies and allies
• Family Palorchestidae (extinct)
• Family Petauridae (Striped Possum, Leadbeater's Possum, Yellow-bellied Glider, Sugar Glider, Mahogany Glider, Squirrel Glider)
• Family Phascolarctidae: Koala (1 species)
• Family Potoroidae: bettongs, potaroos and rat kangaroos
• Family Tarsipedidae: Honey possum
• Family Thylacoleonidae (Marsupial Lion; extinct)
• Family Vombatidae: wombats (3 species)
• Family Wynyardiidae (extinct)
• Family Burramyidae: pygmy possums
• Family Phalangeridae: brushtail possums and cuscuses
• Family Pseudocheiridae: ringtailed possums and allies

Order Hyracoidea

• Family Procaviidae

Order Insectivora

• Family Erinaceidae
• Family Soricidae
• Family Talpidae
• Family Solenodontidae: solenodons
• Family Nesophontidae: extinct West Indian shrews

Order Lagomorpha

• Family Ochotonidae: pikas
• Family Prolagidae (extinct)
• Family Leporidae: rabbits and hares

Order Macroscelidea

• Family Macroscelididae

Order Microbiotheria

• Family Microbiotheriidae

Order Monotremata

• Family Ornithorhynchidae: platypus
• Family Tachyglossidae: echidnas

Order Notoryctemorphia

• Family Notoryctidae

Order Paucituberculata

• Family Caenolestidae

Order Peramelemorphia

• Family Thylacomyidae: (bilbies, 1 extant species, 1 extinct)
• Family Chaeropodidae: (Pig-footed Bandicoot, 1 extinct species)
• Family Peramelidae: (bandicoots, 20 extant species, 1 extinct)
• Family Yaralidae: (2 described fossil species)

Order Perissodactyla

• Family Equidae: horses and allies, about 9 species in one genus
• Family Tapiridae: tapirs, 4 species in one genus
• Family Rhinocerotidae: rhinoceroses, 5 species in 4 genera

Order Pholidota

• Family Epoicotheriidae (extinct)
• Family Manidae
• Family Metacheiromyidae (extinct)

Order Primates

• Family Aotidae: night or owl monkeys (douroucoulis) (8 species)
• Family Atelidae: howler, spider and woolly monkeys (24 species)
• Family Daubentoniidae: Aye-aye (1 species)
• Family Cebidae: marmosets, tamarins, capuchins and squirrel monkeys (56 species)
• Family Cheirogaleidae: dwarf lemurs and mouse-lemurs (24 species)
• Family Galagidae: galagos (19 species)
• Family Hominidae: humans and other great apes (7 species)
• Family Hylobatidae: gibbons or "lesser apes" (13 species)
• Family Indriidae: woolly lemurs and allies (12 species)
• Family Lemuridae: lemurs (19 species)
• Family Lepilemuridae: sportive lemurs (11 species)
• Family Lorisidae: lorises, pottos and allies (9 species)
• Family Cercopithecidae: Old World monkeys (135 species)
• Family Pitheciidae: titis, sakis and uakaris (41 species)
• Family Tarsiidae: tarsiers (7 species)

Order Proboscidea

• Family Anthracobunidae (extinct)
• Family Moeritheriidae (extinct)
• Family Euproboscidea

Order Rodentia

• Family Abrocomidae: chinchilla rats
• Family Anomaluridae: scaly-tailed squirrels
• Family Aplodontiidae: mountain beaver
• Family Bathyergidae: African mole rats
• Family Calomyscidae: mouse-like hamsters
• Family Capromyidae: hutias
• Family Castoridae: beavers
• Family Caviidae: cavies, including guinea pigs
• Family Chinchillidae: chinchillas and viscachas
• Family Cricetidae: hamsters, New World rats and mice, voles
• Family Ctenodactylidae: gundis
• Family Ctenomyidae: tuco-tucos
• Family Dasyproctidae: agoutis
• Family incertae sedis Diatomyidae: Laotian rock rat
• Family Dinomyidae: pacaranas
• Family Dipodidae: jerboas and jumping mice
• Family Echimyidae: spiny rats
• Family Erethizontidae: New World porcupines
• Family Geomyidae: pocket gophers (true gophers)
• Family Gliridae (also Myoxidae, Muscardinidae): dormice
• Family ?Heptaxodontidae: giant hutias
• Family Heteromyidae: kangaroo rats and kangaroo mice
• Family Hydrochoeridae: Capybara
• Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines
• Family Muridae: true mice and rats, gerbils, spiny mice, crested rat
• Family Myocastoridae: nutria
• Family Nesomyidae: climbing mice, rock mice, white-tailed rat, Malagasy rats and mice
• Family Octodontidae: octodonts
• Family Pedetidae: springhares
• Family Petromuridae: dassie rat
• Family Platacanthomyidae: spiny dormice
• Family Sciuridae: squirrels, including chipmunks & prairie dogs
• Family Spalacidae: mole rats, bamboo rats, and zokors
• Family Thryonomyidae: cane rats

Order Scandentia

• Family Ptilocercidae
• Family Tupaiidae

Order Sirenia

• Family Dugongidae
• Family Prorastomidae (extinct)
• Family Protosirenidae (extinct)
• Family Trichechidae

Order Tubulidentata

• Family Orycteropodidae

Order Xenarthra

• Family Myrmecophagidae: anteaters
• Family Bradypodidae: three-toed sloths
• Family Megalonychidae: two-toed sloths
• Family Megatheriidae (extinct)
• Family Mylodontidae (extinct)
• Family Pampatheriidae: giant armadillos (extinct)
• Family Glyptodontidae (extinct)
• Family Dasypodidae: armadillos

Class Sauropsida

• Family Bolosauridae (Extinct)
• Family Coelurosauravidae (Extinct)
• Family Drepanosauridae (Extinct)
• Family Longisquamidae (Extinct)
• Family Mesosauridae (Extinct)
• Family Millerettidae (Extinct)
• Family Weigeltisauridae (Extinct)

Order Procolophonomorpha

• Family Procolophonidae (Extinct)
• Family Pareiasauridae (Extinct)

Order Testudines

• Family Adocidae: (extinct)
• Family Araripemydidae: (extinct)
• Family Bothremydidae: (extinct)
• Family Captorhinidae (Extinct)
• Family Carettochelyidae: (Pignose Turtles)
• Family Chelidae: (Austro-American Sideneck Turtles)
• Family Cheloniidae: (Green Sea Turtles and relatives)
• Family Chelydridae: (Snapping Turtles)
• Family Dermatemydidae: (River Turtles)
• Family Emydidae: (Pond Turtles/Box and Water Turtles)
• Family Geoemydidae: (Asian River Turtles, Leaf and Roofed Turtles, Asian Box Turtles)
• Family Haichemydidae: (extinct)
• Family Kinosternidae: (Mud and Musk Turtles)
• Family Dermochelyidae: (Leatherback Turtles)
• Family Lindholmemydidae: (extinct)
• Family Meiolaniidae: (Horned turtle, extinct)
• Family Pelomedusidae: (Afro-American Sideneck Turtles)
• Family Platysternidae: (Big-headed Turtles)
• Family Podocnemididae: (Madagascan Big-headed and American Sideneck River Turtles)
• Family Proterochersidae: (extinct)
• Family Protorothyrididae (Extinct)
• Family Protostegidae: (extinct)
• Family Sinochelyidae: (extinct)
• Family Testudinidae: (Tortoises)
• Family Thalassemyidae: (extinct)
• Family Toxochelyidae: (extinct)
• Family Trionychidae: (Softshell Turtles)

Order Araeoscelidia

Extinct.

• Family Araeoscelidae
• Family Petrolacosauridae

Order Younginiformes

Extinct.

• Family Younginidae

Order Placodontia

Extinct.

• Family Cyamodontidae
• Family Henodontidae
• Family Paraplacodontidae
• Family Placochelyidae
• Family Placodontidae

Order Nothosauria

Extinct.

• Family Pachypleurosauridae
• Family Simosauridae
• Family Germanosauridae
• Family Nothosauridae

Order Plesiosauria

Extinct.

• Family Cimoliasauridae
• Family Cryptoclididae
• Family Elasmosauridae
• Family Plesiosauridae
• Family Pliosauridae
• Family Polycotylidae
• Family Rhomaleosauridae

Order Sphenodontia

• Family Gephyrosauridae
• Family Pleurosauridae
• Family Sphenodontidae

Order Squamata

• Family Acrochordidae
• Family Adamisauridae (extinct)
• Family Agamidae (agamas)
• Family Amphisbaenidae
• Family Anguidae (glass lizards)
• Family Aniliidae
• Family Anniellidae (American legless lizards)
• Family Anomalepididae
• Family Anomochilidae
• Family Arretosauridae (extinct)
• Family Cylindrophiidae
• Family Atractaspididae
• Family Bavarisauridae (extinct)
• Family Bipedidae
• Family Boidae
• Family Chamaeleonidae (chameleons)
• Family Colubridae
• Family Cordylidae (spinytail lizards)
• Family Corytophanidae (casquehead lizards)
• Family Crotaphytidae (collared and leopard lizards)
• Family Dibamidae (blind lizards)
• Family Tropidophiidae
• Family Eichstaettisauridae (extinct)
• Family Elapidae
• Family Euposauridae (extinct)
• Family Gekkonidae (geckos)
• Family Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards)
• Family Gymnophthalmidae (spectacled lizards)
• Family Helodermatidae (gila monsters)
• Family Hoplocercidae (wood lizards, clubtails)
• Family Hydrophiidae
• Family Iguanidae (iguanas and spinytail iguanas)
• Family Isodontosauridae (extinct)
• Family Lacertidae (wall lizards or true lizards)
• Family Lanthanotidae (earless monitor lizards)
• Family Leiocephalidae (see Tropidurinae)
• Family Leiosauridae (see Polychrotinae)
• Family Leptotyphlopidae
• Family Liolaemidae (see Tropidurinae)
• Family Loxocemidae
• Family Mongolochamopidae (extinct)
• Family Mosasauridae (marine lizards; extinct)
• Family Opluridae (Madagascar iguanids)
• Family Paramacellodidae (extinct)
• Family Phrynosomatidae (earless, spiny, tree, side-blotched and horned lizards)
• Family Polychrotidae (anoles)
• Family Priscagamidae (extinct)
• Family Pygopodidae (legless lizards)
• Family Pythonidae
• Family Bolyeriidae
• Family Scincidae (skinks)
• Family Slavoiidae (extinct)
• Family Teiidae (tegus and whiptails)
• Family Trogonophidae
• Family Tropiduridae (neotropical ground lizards)
• Family Typhlopidae
• Family Uropeltidae
• Family Varanidae (monitor lizards)
• Family Viperidae
• Family Xantusiidae (night lizards)
• Family Xenopeltidae
• Family Xenosauridae (knob-scaled lizards)

Infraclass Archosauromorpha

• Family Rhynchosauridae (extinct)
• Family Trilophosauridae (extinct)

Order Choristodera

Extinct.

• Family Champsosauridae
• Family Cteniogenidae
• Family Simoedosauridae

Order Prolacertiformes

Extinct.

• Family Protorosauridae
• Family Prolacertidae
• Family Sharovipterygidae
• Family Tanystrophidae

Unranked Archosauriformes

Extinct.

• Family Stagonolepididae
• Family Erythrosuchidae
• Family Euparkeriidae
• Family Gobisuchidae
• Family Hsisosuchidae
• Family Lagosuchidae
• Family Notosuchidae
• Family Ornithosuchidae
• Family Phytosauridae
• Family Poposauridae
• Family Prestosuchidae
• Family Proterosuchidae
• Family Rauisuchidae
• Family Saltoposuchidae
• Family Silesauridae
• Family Sphenosuchidae

Order Crocodylia

• Family Alligatoridae
• Family Crocodylidae
• Family Gavialidae
• Family Mekosuchidae (extinct)
• Family Nettosuchidae (extinct)

Order Pterosauria

Extinct.

• Family Anurognathidae
• Family Azhdarchidae
• Family Campylognathoididae
• Family Chenochasmatidae
• Family Dimorphodontidae
• Family Dsungaripteridae
• Family Germanodactilidae
• Family Nyctosauridae
• Family Ornithocheiridae
• Family Ornithodesmidae
• Family Pteranodontidae
• Family Pterodactylidae
• Family Rhamphorhynchidae
• Family Tapejaridae

Order Saurischia

Extinct (except for birds, listed under Class Aves).

• Family Abelisauridae
• Family Allosauridae
• Family Anchisauridae
• Family Alvarezsauridae
• Family Alxasauridae
• Family Andesauridae
• Family Antarctosauridae
• Family Avimimidae
• Family Blikanasauridae
• Family Brachiosauridae
• Family Bradycnemidae
• Family Caenagnathidae
• Family Camarasauridae
• Family Caudipteridae
• Family Ceratosauridae
• Family Cetiosauridae
• Family Carcharodontosauridae
• Family Coelophysidae
• Family Coeluridae
• Family Compsognathidae
• Family Deinocheiridae
• Family Dicraeosauridae
• Family Dilophosauridae
• Family Diplodocidae
• Family Dromaeosauridae
• Family Dryptosauridae
• Family Euhelopodidae
• Family Garudimimidae
• Family Harpymimidae
• Family Herrerasauridae
• Family Massospondylidae
• Family Megalosauridae
• Family Melanorosauridae
• Family Nemegtosauridae
• Family Noasauridae
• Family Omeisauridae
• Family Ornithomimidae
• Family Oviraptoridae
• Family Plateosauridae
• Family Rebbachisauridae
• Family Riojasauridae
• Family Saltasauridae
• Family Scansoriopterygidae
• Family Sinraptoridae
• Family Spinosauridae
• Family Staurikosauridae
• Family Tendaguridae
• Family Thecodontosauridae
• Family Therizinosauridae
• Family Titanosauridae
• Family Troodontidae
• Family Tyrannosauridae
• Family Vulcanodontidae

Order Ornithischia

Extinct.

• Family Ankylosauridae
• Family Archaeoceratopsidae
• Family Camptosauridae
• Family Ceratopsidae
• Family Chaoyangsauridae
• Family Dryosauridae
• Family Fabrosauridae
• Family Hadrosauridae
• Family Heterodontosauridae
• Family Homalocephalidae
• Family Huayangosauridae
• Family Hypsilophodontidae
• Family Leptoceratopsidae
• Family Nodosauridae
• Family Pachycephalosauridae
• Family Pisanosauridae
• Family Protoceratopsidae
• Family Psittacosauridae
• Family Rhabdodontidae
• Family Scelidosauridae
• Family Stegosauridae

Kingdom Plantae

Phylum Magnoliophyta

Class Magnoliopsida

Order Asterales

• Family Asteraceae