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Proboscidea (/ˌproʊbəˈsɪdiə/; from Latin proboscis, from Ancient Greek προβοσκίς (proboskís) 'elephant's trunk') is a taxonomic order of Afrotheria paenungulate

(0.06%) Proboscidea (0.05%) Dermoptera (0.03%) Microbiotheria (0.03%) Notoryctemorphia (0.03%) Tubulidentata (0.02%) The class Mammalia (mammals) is divided

species of mammals have been described and divided into 27 orders. The study of mammals is called mammalogy. The largest orders of mammals, by number

there were many synapsid species that looked like mammals. The lineage leading to today's mammals split up in the Jurassic; synapsids from this period

Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians, sea otters

Uranotheria, is a clade of "sub-ungulates", which groups three extant mammal orders: Proboscidea (including elephants), Sirenia (sea cows, including dugongs and

bilophodont cheek teeth (double transverse ridges on the crowns of the teeth). Proboscidea and Sirenia are linked together based on auditory characters in their

terrestrial mammals ever. The family was first described by John Edward Gray in 1821, and later assigned to taxonomic ranks within the order Proboscidea. Elephantidae

portal Mammals portal List of birds by population Lists of organisms by population World population (humans) IUCN (n.d.). "Initiatives:Mammals". IUCN

volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of the World on carnivores for the terrestrial species, and the 4th volume on marine mammals for the 3 marine families