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Pegasoferae
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Plains Zebras

Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Infraclass:Eutheria
(unranked)Laurasiatheria
Superorder:Pegasoferae
Orders


Carnivora
Chiroptera
Perissodactyla
Pholidota


Pegasoferae is a superorder of mammals that has recently been proposed on the basis of genomic research in molecular systematics by Nishihara, Hasegawa and Okada (2006). To the surprise of the authors, their data led them to propose a clade that includes bats (order Chiroptera), carnivores such as cats and dogs (order Carnivora), horses and other odd-toed ungulates (order Perissodactyla) and pangolins (order Pholidota) as springing from a single evolutionary origin within the mammals. According to this, the odd-toed ungulates closest relatives are the carnivorans. Earlier theories of mammalian evolution would, for example, have aligned bats with the insectivores (order Eulipotyphla) and horses with the even-toed ungulates (order Artiodactyla). [1]. Subsequent molecular studies have failed to support Pegasoferae (Matthee et al., 2007; Springer et al., 2007).

Cladogram

   Laurasiatheria   

Eulipotyphla

   Scrotifera   
   Pegasoferae   

Chiroptera

   Ferae   
    Perissodactyla


 Carnivora


 Pholidota




 Artiodactyla





References

  • Matthee, C. A., G. Eick, et al. (2007). Indel evolution of mammalian introns and the utility of non-coding nuclear markers in eutherian phylogenetics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42, 827-837.
  • Nishihara, H., Hasegawa, M., & Okada, N. (2006). Pegasoferae, an unexpected mammalian clade revealed by tracking ancient retroposon insertions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103, 9929-9934.
  • Springer M.S., Burk-Herrick A., Meredith R., Eizirik, E., Teeling, E., O'Brien, S.J., and Murphy, W.J. (2007). The adequacy of morphology for reconstructing the early history of placental mammals Systematic Biology 56, 673-684.

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E. quagga

Binomial name
Equus quagga
Boddaert, 1785

Range map of The Plains zebra


subspecies

E. q. quagga
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

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Eutheria

Orders[1]
  • Bobolestes
  • Eomaia
  • Maelestes
  • Montanalestes
  • Murtoilestes
  • Prokennalestes
  • Placentalia
  • Superorder

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Laurasiatheria

Orders
  • Erinaceomorpha
  • Soricomorpha
  • Chiroptera
  • Cetartiodactyla
  • Cetacea
  • Artiodactyla
  • Perissodactyla

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Carnivora
Bowdich, 1821

Families
  • 17, See classification

The diverse order Carnivora (IPA: /kɑrˈnɪvərə/
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Perissodactyla
Owen, 1848

Families

Equidae
Tapiridae
Rhinocerotidae
Brontotheriidae (extinct)
Chalicotheriidae (extinct)
Hyracodontidae (extinct)
Palaeotheriidae (extinct)
Amynodontidae (extinct)

The odd-toed ungulates
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Pholidota
Weber, 1904

Family: Manidae
Gray, 1821

Genus: Manis
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

Manis culionensis
Manis gigantea

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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

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Carnivora
Bowdich, 1821

Families
  • 17, See classification

The diverse order Carnivora (IPA: /kɑrˈnɪvərə/
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Perissodactyla
Owen, 1848

Families

Equidae
Tapiridae
Rhinocerotidae
Brontotheriidae (extinct)
Chalicotheriidae (extinct)
Hyracodontidae (extinct)
Palaeotheriidae (extinct)
Amynodontidae (extinct)

The odd-toed ungulates
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Perissodactyla
Owen, 1848

Families

Equidae
Tapiridae
Rhinocerotidae
Brontotheriidae (extinct)
Chalicotheriidae (extinct)
Hyracodontidae (extinct)
Palaeotheriidae (extinct)
Amynodontidae (extinct)

The odd-toed ungulates
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Pholidota
Weber, 1904

Family: Manidae
Gray, 1821

Genus: Manis
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

Manis culionensis
Manis gigantea

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Eulipotyphla
Haeckel, 1866

Families

Erinaceidae
Soricidae
Talpidae
Solenodontidae
Nesophontidae
The order Insectivora (from Latin insectum "insect" and vorare
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Eulipotyphla
Haeckel, 1866

Families

Erinaceidae
Soricidae
Talpidae
Solenodontidae
Nesophontidae
The order Insectivora (from Latin insectum "insect" and vorare
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Artiodactyla*
Owen, 1848

Families

Antilocapridae
Bovidae
Camelidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Hippopotamidae
Moschidae
Suidae
Tayassuidae
Tragulidae
Leptochoeridae †
Dichobunidae †
Cebochoeridae †
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Artiodactyla*
Owen, 1848

Families

Antilocapridae
Bovidae
Camelidae
Cervidae
Giraffidae
Hippopotamidae
Moschidae
Suidae
Tayassuidae
Tragulidae
Leptochoeridae †
Dichobunidae †
Cebochoeridae †
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Laurasiatheria

Orders
  • Erinaceomorpha
  • Soricomorpha
  • Chiroptera
  • Cetartiodactyla
  • Cetacea
  • Artiodactyla
  • Perissodactyla

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Eulipotyphla
Haeckel, 1866

Families

Erinaceidae
Soricidae
Talpidae
Solenodontidae
Nesophontidae
The order Insectivora (from Latin insectum "insect" and vorare
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Ferae

Orders

Carnivora
Pholidota
Creodonta (extinct)
Cimolesta (extinct)

Ferae is a clade consisting of the mammal orders Carnivora (over 260 species across the globe) and Pholidota (8 species of pangolin in tropical Africa and Asia).
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