Concise hierarchy
	(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia
Phylogeny
	Defined by the most recent common ancestor (and all its descendants) of
	
		
			| Carnivora (Order) Bowdich, 1821 |  | 
				Ref: M.S. Springer et al., 2007: table 5 (p. 21 note 4). | 
		
		
			| Cetartiodactyla (Order) Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery, 1997 |  | 
				Ref: M.S. Springer et al., 2007: table 5 (p. 21 note 4). | 
		
		
			| Chiroptera (Order) Blumenbach, 1779 |  | 
				Ref: M.S. Springer et al., 2007: table 5 (p. 21 note 4). | 
		
		
			| Perissodactyla (Order) Owen, 1848 |  | 
				Ref: M.S. Springer et al., 2007: table 5 (p. 21 note 4). | 
		
		
			| Pholidota (Order) Weber, 1904 |  | 
				Ref: M.S. Springer et al., 2007: table 5 (p. 21 note 4). |