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1
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Infraclass Ornithodelphia

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Duckbill platypus: ornithorhynchus anatinus, echidna
Cloaca
Teeth only in young
No external pinna or ear

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Infraclass Metatheria

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Marsupials: kangaroo, wallaby, opossum
Numerous teeth
Viviparous
Primitive placenta
Precocial
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3
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Red kangaroo

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Micropus rufus

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Suborder Soricomorpha

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Forest shrew: Myosorex varius

Lesser red musk shrew: crocidura hirta

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Suborder Erinaceomorpha

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South African hedgehog: Atelerix frontalis

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Golden moles

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Order Afrosoricida

Suborder Chrysochloridea

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7
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Grants golden mole

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Eremitalpa granti

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Juliana’s golden mole

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Neamblysomas julianae

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9
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Elephant shrew order

Eastern rock elephant-shrew

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Macroscelidae

Elephantulus myurus

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10
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Flying lemur order

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Dermoptera

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11
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Bats

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Chiroptera
Suborder Yinpterochiroptera
Suborder Yangochiroptera

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Suborder Yinpterochiroptera

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Wahlbergs epauletted fruit bat
-Epomophorus wahlbergi
Egyptian fruit bat
-Rousettus aegyptiacus

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Suborder Yangochiroptera

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Rusty pipistrelle
-Pipistrellus rusticus
Shreibers long-fingered bat
-Miniopterus schreibersii

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14
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Rodents

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Oder Rodentia
Cape porcupine - Hystrix africaeaustralis
Greater cane rat- Thryonomys swinderianus
Springhare - Pedetes capensis
Brown rat - Rattus norvegicus

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15
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Rabbits and hares

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Order Lagomorpha
Cape hare - Lepus capensis
Riverine rabbit - Bungolagus monticularis

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16
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Order primates

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Apes, baboons, monkeys, lemurs, bush babies

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17
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Chacma baboons

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Papio ursinus

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18
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Vervet monkey

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Cercopithecus aethiops

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19
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Lesser bushbaby

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Galago moholi

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20
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Sloths, armadillos and anteaters

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Order Edentata

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21
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Pangolin

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Order Pholidota

Manis temminckii

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Dolphins, porpoises, tooth whales, baleen whales, orcas

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Order Cetacea
Suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales)
Suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales)
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23
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Suborder Mysticeti

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Southern right whale - Eubalaena australis

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24
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Sperm whale

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Physeter macroceohalus

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25
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Killer whale

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Orcinus orca

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26
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Heavisides dolphin

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Cephalorhyncus heavisidii

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27
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Common bottlenose dolphin

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Tursiops truncatus

28
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Dugong and manatees

Dugong species

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Order Sirenia

Dugong dugon

29
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Carnivores

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Order Carnivora

Lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, jackal, otter, cats, dogs, pinnipeds

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Lion

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Panthera leo

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Leopard

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Panthera padrus

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Cheetah

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Acinonyx jubatus

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Caracal

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Caracal caracal

34
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African wild cat

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Felis lybica

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Family Hyaenidae

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Spotted hyena - Crocuta crocuta

Aardwolf - Proteles cristatus

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Bat-eared Fox

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Otocyon megalotis

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Wild dog

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Lycaon pictus

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Black-backed jackal

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Canis mesomelas

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African clawless otter

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Aonyx capensis

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Honey badger

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Mellivora capensis

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Striped polecat

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Ictonyx striatus

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Suricate

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Suricata suricatta

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Seals, sea lions, walruses superfamily

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Pinnipedia

44
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Southern elephant seal

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Microunga leonia

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South African fur seal

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Arctoceohalus pusillus

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Subantarctic fur seal

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Arctoceohalus tropicalis

47
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Aardvark

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Order Tubulidentata

Orycteropus afer

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Hyrax order

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Hyracoidea

49
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Rock hyrax

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Procavia capensis

50
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Tree hyrax

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Dendrohyrax arboreus

51
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South African Elephant

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Proboscidae

Loxodonta africana

52
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Antelope, giraffe, pigs, hippo

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Order Artiodactyla

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Bushpig

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Potamochoerus larvatus

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Warthog

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Phacochoerus africanus

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Giraffe

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Giraffa camelopardalis

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Blue wildebeest

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Connochaetus taurinus

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Sable

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Hippotragus niger

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Springbok

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Antidorcas marsupialis

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Klipspringer

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Oreotragus oreotragus

60
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Steenbok

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Rhaphicerus campestris

61
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Kudu

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Tragelaphus strepsiceros

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Waterbuck

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Kobus ellipsiprymnus

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Horses, zebra, tapers, rhinoceros

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Order Perissodactyla

64
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White rhino

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Ceratotherium simum

65
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Black rhino

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Diceros bicornis

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Mountain zebra

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Equus zebra

67
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Plains zebra

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Equus quagga

ZEN 261 (26 decks)

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