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There are 5746 species of mammal as of February 28, 2012, 70% of them are rodents, bats, and sorcomorphs (moles, shrews, and solenodonts). The others are 7 orders of marsupials (Koala, kangaroo, cuscus, potoroos, gliders, possum, opossum, caenolesids, monito del monte, etc), monotremes (egg laying mammals, platypus and echidnas), elephants, elephant shrews, primates, lagomorphs (rabbits, hares, and pikas), aardvarks, carnivores (carnivores are felids and canids in the order Carnivora), tenrics and golden moles, pilosas (anteaters and sloths), odd toed unglates, even toed unglates, pangolins, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), Sirenids (manitees and dougongs), colugos, tree shrew, armadillos, hyraxes, and hedgehogs and moonrats.

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