BRAZIL’S FAUNA
(Page prepared by a nature’s observer)

Amphibians, birds, mammals, reptiles, arachnids and insects

    Here you can see a relation of some species of the classes: amphibians (Amphibia), birds (Birds), mammals (Mammalia) abd reptiles (Reptilina), that occurs in Brazill.

    These orders in the systematic:
        Kingdom Animalia (multicelular animals)
            Phylum Chordata (segmentation generally evident, tail behind anus)
                Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
                    Superclass Tetrapoda (terrestrian vertebrates with 4 legs)
                     Classes Amphibia, Birds, Mammalia, Reptilia, Aracnidae and Insecta
                            With its orders, families, genus and species.

    Here follows some species of the quoted classes:

    Amphibians (Class Amphibia)
    - Order Anura (frogs and toads)
    - Order Caudata (salamanders)
    - Order Gymnophiona

    Birds (Class Birds)
    - Order Psittaciformes, Strigiformes, Falconiformes etc.(macaws, owls, falcons etc.)

    Mammals (Classe Mammalia)
    - Order Artiodactyla (peccaries, deers)
        - Family Tayassuidae (peccary)
        - Family Cervidae (deer)
    - Order Carnivora (jaguars, otters etc.)
        - Family Canidae (maned-wolf, bush-dog)
        - Family Felinae  (jaguar and cats)
        - Family Mustelidae (Brazilian otters, otters etc.)
        - Family Procyonidae (mão-pelada, quati etc.)
    - Order Cetacea (whales and dolphins)
    - Order Didelphimorphea (skunks etc.)
    - Order Chiroptera (bats and vampires)
    - Order Lagomorpha (hares and rabbits)
    - Order Perissodactyla (tapir)
    - Order Pinipedae (seals and sea lions)
    - Order Primates  (monkeys, marmosets and tamarins)
    -Order Rodentia (squirrels, mice, capybara etc.)
    - Order Sirenia (Manatees)
    - Order Xenarthra  (sloths, armadillos and anteaters)
        - Family Bradypodidae (sloths)
        - Family Dasypodidae (armadillos)
        - Family Myrmephagidae (anteaters)

    Reptiles (Class Reptilia)
     - Order Squamata (lizards and snakes)
     - Order Chelonea (turtles)
     - Order Crocodilia (alligators and crocodiles)

 

    Arachnides (Class Aracnidae)

 

    Insects (Class Insecta)

PS: The itens that are not linked are under construction.

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