Mammalian Phylogeny

The Mammalian tree below was redrawn from cladograms and information in the University of Arizona Tree of Life Web Site, from notes on mammalian diversity from the Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and from a recent phylogeny based on retroposons (Nishhara et al. 2006). Four major branches of the mammals are defined below:

 

Phylogeny pages for the Carnivores, the Primates and for the three ungulate groups can be reached from links on this page. Linked group names are boxed. Links to pages for other mammalian groups represented at the zoo (e.g. bats) are also provided.

{short description of image} Link to Marsupial Page Link to Fruit Bat Page Link to Primate Phylogeny Page Link to Ungulate Phylogeny Page Link to Carnivore Phylogeny Page Link to Ungulate Phylogeny Page

Invertebrate
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Fish
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Tetrapod
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Reptile
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Bird
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Mammal
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