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Are you (1) asking about the concept of an order or are you (2) asking for a list of the orders of mammals?

1. Taxonomy divides animals into various phyla, divides phyla into various classes,and divides classes into various orders. Each phylum contains many different types of animals. Some of these types of animals will be in one class in the phylum, while other may belong to a different class. In the same way, classes are divided into orders. Mammals are a class, divided into 29 orders, with the members of each order being more similar to each other than to mammals of other orders.

2. The orders of mammals are Monotremata, Didelphimorphia, Paucituberculata, Microbiotheria, Dasyuromorpha, Paramelemorphia, Notoryctemorphia, Diprotodontia, Soricomorpha, Erinaceomorpha, Afrosoricida, Macroscelidea, Scandentia, Dermoptera, Chiroptera, Primates, Carnivora, Cetacea, Tubulidentata, Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Sirenia, Cingulata, Pilosa, Artilodactyla, Perissodactyla, Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Pholidota.

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