#animal_order  the order of animals
  supertype:  order.taxonomic_group  (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
  member of:  kingdom_Animalia
  subtype:  order_Eubacteriales__Eubacteriales  one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes
  subtype:  order_Pseudomonadales__Pseudomonadales  one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments
  subtype:  order_Rickettsiales__Rickettsiales  pleomorphic gram-negative microorganisms
  subtype:  order_Mycoplasmatales__Mycoplasmatales  coextensive with the family Mycoplasmataceae
  subtype:  order_Actinomycetales__Actinomycetales  filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria
  subtype:  order_Myxobacteria__Myxobacterales__order_Myxobacterales__Myxobacteriales__order_Myxobacteriales  an order of higher bacteria
  subtype:  order_Spirochaetales__Spirochaetales  higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms
  subtype:  order_Heliozoa__Heliozoa  mostly freshwater protozoa
  subtype:  order_Radiolaria__Radiolaria  marine protozoa
  subtype:  order_Amoebida__Amoebida__Amoebina__order_Amoebina  the animal order including amoebas
  subtype:  order_Foraminifera__Foraminifera  foraminifers
  subtype:  order_Testacea__Testacea  testacean rhizopods
  subtype:  order_Fucales__Fucales  coextensive with the family Fucaceae
  subtype:  order_Zygnematales__Zygnematales__Zygnemales__order_Zygnemales  pond scums; desmids
  subtype:  order_Dinoflagellata__Dinoflagellata__Cilioflagellata__order_Cilioflagellata  in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta
  subtype:  order_Hypermastigina__Hypermastigina  cellulose-producing flagellates
  subtype:  order_Polymastigina__Polymastigina  small usually parasitic flagellates
  subtype:  order_Coccidia__Coccidia  an order in the subclass Telosporidia
  subtype:  order_Gregarinida__Gregarinida  an order in the subclass Telosporidia
  subtype:  order_Haemosporidia__Haemosporidia  an order in the subclass Telosporidia
  subtype:  order_Sarcosporidia__Sarcosporidia  imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates
  subtype:  order_Haplosporidia__Haplosporidia  an order in the subclass Acnidosporidia
  subtype:  order_Actinomyxidia__Actinomyxidia  parasites of worms
  subtype:  order_Mycrosporidia__Mycrosporidia  an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia
  subtype:  order_Myxosporidia__Myxosporidia  an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia
  subtype:  superorder_Malacopterygii__Malacopterygii  an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
  subtype:  order_Cypriniformes__Cypriniformes  an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi
  subtype:  order_Berycomorphi__Berycomorphi  an order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii
  subtype:  order_Zeomorphi__Zeomorphi  dories
  subtype:  order_Solenichthyes__Solenichthyes  bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout
  subtype:  order_Ostracodermi__Ostracodermi  extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
  subtype:  suborder_Heterostraci__Heterostraci  extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fishlike vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear
  subtype:  suborder_Osteostraci__Osteostraci__Cephalaspida__suborder_Cephalaspida  extinct group of armored fishlike vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
  subtype:  order_Anaspida__Anaspida  extinct order of jawless vertebrates
  subtype:  order_Conodonta__Conodonta__Conodontophorida__order_Conodontophorida  extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum
  subtype:  order_Cyclostomata__Cyclostomata  primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes
  subtype:  suborder_Petromyzoniformes__Petromyzoniformes__Hyperoartia__suborder_Hyperoartia  lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes
  subtype:  suborder_Myxiniformes__Myxiniformes__Hyperotreta__suborder_Hyperotreta__Myxinoidei__Myxinoidea__suborder_Myxinoidei  hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys
  subtype:  order_Torpediniformes__Torpediniformes  rays with torpedo-shaped bodies
  subtype:  order_Rajiformes__Rajiformes__Batoidei__order_Batoidei  fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes
  subtype:  superorder_Ratitae__Ratitae  used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders
  subtype:  order_Struthioniformes__Struthioniformes  a ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onward
  subtype:  order_Casuariiformes__Casuariiformes  a ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus
  subtype:  order_Apterygiformes__Apterygiformes  a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis
  subtype:  order_Rheiformes__Rheiformes  a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas
  subtype:  order_Aepyorniformes__Aepyorniformes  huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds
  subtype:  order_Dinornithiformes__Dinornithiformes  a ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand
  subtype:  order_Insessores__Insessores__perching_birds__perchers  birds with feet adapted for perching on trees; this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
  subtype:  order_Passeriformes__Passeriformes  largest order of birds comprising about half the known species: rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; in four suborders: Eurylaimi; Tyranni; Menurae: Oscines or Passeres
  subtype:  suborder_Oscines__Oscines__Passeres__suborder_Passeres  two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
  subtype:  suborder_Menurae__Menurae  lyrebirds and scrubbirds
  subtype:  suborder_Eurylaimi__Eurylaimi  broadbills
  subtype:  suborder_Tyranni__Tyranni  New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers
  subtype:  suborder_Clamatores__Clamatores  used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song: clamatorial birds
  subtype:  order_Raptores__Raptores  term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes
  subtype:  order_Falconiformes__Falconiformes  chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures
  subtype:  order_Strigiformes__Strigiformes  owls
  subtype:  order_Urodella__Urodella__Caudata__order_Caudata  salamanders; newts; congo snakes
  subtype:  order_Salientia__Salientia__Anura__order_Anura__Batrachia__order_Batrachia  frogs, toads, tree toads
  subtype:  order_Gymnophiona__Gymnophiona  an order of amphibians including caecilians
  subtype:  superorder_Labyrinthodontia__Labyrinthodontia__Labyrinthodonta__superorder_Labyrinthodonta  extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic
  subtype:  order_Stereospondyli__Stereospondyli  formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece: "most vertebrates are stereospondylous"
  subtype:  order_Stegocephalia__Stegocephalia  in former classifications a division of Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia
  subtype:  order_Temnospondyli__Temnospondyli  formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate
  subtype:  order_Chelonia__Chelonia__Testudinata__order_Testudinata__Testudines__order_Testudines  tortoises and turtles
  subtype:  order_Rhynchocephalia__Rhynchocephalia  tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic
  subtype:  order_Squamata__Squamata  diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards
  subtype:  suborder_Sauria__Sauria__Lacertilia__suborder_Lacertilia  true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
  subtype:  order_Crocodylia__Crocodylia__Crocodilia__order_Crocodilia  crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials
  subtype:  order_Loricata__Loricata  former name for the order Crocodylia
  subtype:  order_Ornithischia__Ornithischia  extinct terrestrial reptiles having birdlike pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); bone-headed and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods)
  subtype:  suborder_Thyreophora__Thyreophora__thyreophoran  armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs
  subtype:  suborder_Marginocephalia__Marginocephalia__marginocephalian  includes bone-headed (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs
  subtype:  suborder_Pachycephalosaurus  bone-headed dinosaurs; late Cretaceous
  subtype:  suborder_Ceratopsia__Ceratopsia  horned dinosaurs
  subtype:  suborder_Euronithopoda__Euronithopoda__euronithopod__Ornithopoda__suborder_Ornithopoda  widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs; trachodon; iguanodon)
  subtype:  order_Saurischia__Saurischia  extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous)
  subtype:  suborder_Sauropodomorpha__Sauropodomorpha  gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus; diplodocus; titanosaurs)
  subtype:  suborder_Prosauropoda__Prosauropoda  the earliest known dinosaurs
  subtype:  suborder_Sauropoda__Sauropoda  any of the sauropod dinosaurs
  subtype:  suborder_Theropoda__Theropoda  carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous
  subtype:  suborder_Ceratosaura  primitive saurischian dinosaurs
  subtype:  suborder_Carnosaura__Carnosaura  largest carnivorous land animals ever known
  subtype:  suborder_Ornithomimida__Ornithomimida  lightly built medium-size theropods
  subtype:  suborder_Maniraptora__Maniraptora  advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds
  subtype:  order_Therapsida__Therapsida  extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic
  subtype:  order_Ictodosauria__Ictodosauria  extinct reptiles of the Upper Triassic
  subtype:  order_Pelycosauria__Pelycosauria  edaphosaurus; dimetrodon
  subtype:  order_Pterosauria__Pterosauria  extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs
  subtype:  order_Thecodontia__Thecodontia  extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic
  subtype:  order_Ichthyosauria__Ichthyosauria  extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs
  subtype:  order_Sauropterygia__Sauropterygia  extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs
  subtype:  suborder_Plesiosauria__Plesiosauria  any of the plesiosaurs
  subtype:  suborder_Nothosauria__Nothosauria  a suborder of Sauropterygia
  subtype:  suborder_Serpentes__Serpentes__Ophidia__suborder_Ophidia  snakes
  subtype:  order_Phalangida__Phalangida__Opiliones__order_Opiliones  harvestmen
  subtype:  order_Scorpionida__Scorpionida  true scorpions
  subtype:  order_Chelonethida__Chelonethida__Pseudoscorpionida__order_Pseudoscorpionida__Pseudoscorpiones__order_Pseudoscorpiones  false scorpions
  subtype:  order_Pedipalpi__Pedipalpi__Uropygi__order_Uropygi  whip scorpions
  subtype:  order_Araneae__Araneae__Araneida__order_Araneida  spiders
  subtype:  order_Acarina__Acarina  mites and ticks
  subtype:  order_Geophilomorpha__Geophilomorpha  small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs
  subtype:  order_Pycnogonida__Pycnogonida  sea spiders
  subtype:  order_Xiphosura__Xiphosura  horseshoe crabs and extinct forms
  subtype:  order_Eurypterida__Eurypterida  extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic
  subtype:  order_Galliformes__Galliformes  pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins
  subtype:  order_Tinamiformes__Tinamiformes  coextensive with the family Tinamidae
  subtype:  order_Columbiformes__Columbiformes  sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires
  subtype:  order_Psittaciformes__Psittaciformes  an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets
  subtype:  order_Cuculiformes__Cuculiformes  cuckoos; touracos; etc.
  subtype:  order_Coraciiformes__Coraciiformes  rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies
  subtype:  order_Picariae__Picariae  term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes
  subtype:  order_Apodiformes__Apodiformes  swifts; hummingbirds
  subtype:  order_Caprimulgiformes__Caprimulgiformes  goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds
  subtype:  order_Piciformes__Piciformes  woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans
  subtype:  order_Trogoniformes__Trogoniformes  trogons
  subtype:  order_Anseriformes__Anseriformes  ducks; geese; swans; screamers
  subtype:  suborder_Anseres__Anseres  used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae
  subtype:  order_Monotremata__Monotremata  coextensive with the subclass Prototheria
  subtype:  order_Marsupialia__Marsupialia  coextensive with the subclass Metatheria
  subtype:  order_Insectivora__Insectivora  shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs
  subtype:  suborder_Lipotyphla__Lipotyphla  moles; hedgehogs; true shrews
  subtype:  suborder_Menotyphla__Menotyphla  elephant shrews; tree shrews
  subtype:  order_Siphonophora__Siphonophora  marine colonial hydrozoans
  subtype:  order_Actiniaria__Actiniaria__Actinaria__order_Actinaria  sea anemones
  subtype:  order_Alcyonaria__Alcyonaria  corals and sea anemones having eight branches
  subtype:  suborder_Alcyonacea__Alcyonacea  comprising the soft corals
  subtype:  suborder_Gorgonacea__Gorgonacea__Gorgoniacea__suborder_Gorgoniacea  red corals and sea fans
  subtype:  order_Madreporaria__Madreporaria  stony corals
  subtype:  order_Cydippida__Cydippida__Cydippidea__order_Cydippidea__Cydippea__order_Cydippea  ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles
  subtype:  order_Platyctenea__Platyctenea  an order of Tentaculata
  subtype:  order_Cestida__Cestida  ctenophore having short tentacles; one family
  subtype:  order_Lobata__Lobata  ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage; body compressed vertically having two large oral lobes and four pointed processes
  subtype:  order_Nudibranchia__Nudibranchia  comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug
  subtype:  order_Pulmonata__Pulmonata  large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails
  subtype:  order_Pectinibranchia__Pectinibranchia  large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb
  subtype:  order_Solenogastres__Solenogastres__Aplacophora__order_Aplacophora  an order of Amphineura
  subtype:  order_Myaceae__Myaceae  clams
  subtype:  order_Octopoda__Octopoda  octopuses and paper nautilus
  subtype:  order_Decapoda__Decapoda  squids and cuttlefishes
  subtype:  order_Belemnoidea__Belemnoidea  order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas
  subtype:  Decapoda__order_Decapoda  lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns
  subtype:  suborder_Brachyura__Brachyura  an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
  subtype:  suborder_Reptantia__Reptantia  lobsters; crabs
  subtype:  suborder_Natantia__Natantia  shrimp; prawns; etc.
  subtype:  Schizopoda  in former classifications a division of Malacostraca; superseded by the orders Mysidacea and Euphausiacea
  subtype:  order_Euphausiacea__Euphausiacea  small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill
  subtype:  order_Mysidacea__Mysidacea  opossum shrimp
  subtype:  order_Stomatopoda__Stomatopoda  mantis shrimps
  subtype:  order_Isopoda__Isopoda  woodlice
  subtype:  order_Amphipoda__Amphipoda  small flat-bodied semi-terrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp
  subtype:  order_Anostraca__Anostraca  small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps
  subtype:  order_Notostraca__Notostraca  small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace
  subtype:  order_Branchiura__Branchiura  copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes
  subtype:  order_Ciconiiformes__Ciconiiformes  order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises
  subtype:  order_Gruiformes__Gruiformes  inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards
  subtype:  suborder_Otides__Otides  terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia: bustards
  subtype:  order_Charadriiformes__Charadriiformes  large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life
  subtype:  suborder_Charadrii__Charadrii  shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews
  subtype:  suborder_Limicolae__Limicolae  term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds; coextensive with the Charadrii
  subtype:  suborder_Lari__Lari  gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers
  subtype:  order_Gaviiformes__Gaviiformes  large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms
  subtype:  order_Podicipitiformes__Podicipitiformes__Podicipediformes__order_Podicipediformes__Colymbiformes__order_Colymbiformes  grebes
  subtype:  order_Pelecaniformes__Pelecaniformes  pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants
  subtype:  order_Sphenisciformes__Sphenisciformes  penguins
  subtype:  order_Procellariiformes__Procellariiformes  petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels
  subtype:  order_Cetacea__Cetacea  an order of Eutheria
  subtype:  suborder_Mysticeti__Mysticeti  baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks
  subtype:  suborder_Odontoceti__Odontoceti  toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales
  subtype:  order_Sirenia__Sirenia  manatees; dugongs; Stellar's sea cow
  subtype:  order_Carnivora__Carnivora  cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia
  subtype:  suborder_Pinnipedia__Pinnipedia  seals; sea lions; walruses
  subtype:  order_Tubulidentata__Tubulidentata  an order of Eutheria
  subtype:  order_Chiroptera__Chiroptera  an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)
  subtype:  suborder_Megachiroptera__Megachiroptera  fruit bats
  subtype:  suborder_Microchiroptera__Microchiroptera  most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats
  subtype:  order_Mecoptera__Mecoptera  an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip
  subtype:  order_Collembola__Collembola  minute wingless arthropods: springtails
  subtype:  order_Protura__Protura  minute wingless arthropods: telsontails
  subtype:  order_Coleoptera__Coleoptera  beetles
  subtype:  order_Embioptera__Embioptera__Embiodea__order_Embiodea  web spinners
  subtype:  order_Anoplura__Anoplura  sucking lice
  subtype:  order_Mallophaga__Mallophaga  biting lice
  subtype:  order_Siphonaptera__Siphonaptera  fleas
  subtype:  order_Diptera__Diptera  a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
  subtype:  suborder_Nematocera__Nematocera  mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies
  subtype:  order_Hymenoptera__Hymenoptera  an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.
  subtype:  order_Isoptera__Isoptera  order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota
  subtype:  order_Orthoptera__Orthoptera  grasshoppers and locusts; crickets
  subtype:  order_Phasmida__Phasmida__Phasmatodea__order_Phasmatodea  in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
  subtype:  order_Dictyoptera__Dictyoptera  in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera
  subtype:  suborder_Blattodea__Blattodea__Blattaria__suborder_Blattaria  cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order
  subtype:  suborder_Manteodea__Manteodea  mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera
  subtype:  order_Hemiptera__Hemiptera  plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g. aphids; plant lice; cicadas)
  subtype:  suborder_Heteroptera__Heteroptera  true bugs
  subtype:  suborder_Homoptera__Homoptera  plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects
  subtype:  order_Psocoptera__Psocoptera__Corrodentia__order_Corrodentia  an order of insects: includes booklice and barklice
  subtype:  order_Ephemeroptera__Ephemeroptera__Ephemerida__order_Ephemerida  mayflies
  subtype:  order_Plecoptera__Plecoptera  stoneflies
  subtype:  order_Neuroptera__Neuroptera  an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fishflies; mantispids; spongeflies
  subtype:  suborder_Megaloptera__Megaloptera  in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies
  subtype:  order_Odonata__Odonata  dragonflies and damselflies
  subtype:  suborder_Anisoptera__Anisoptera  dragonflies
  subtype:  suborder_Zygoptera__Zygoptera  damselflies
  subtype:  order_Trichoptera__Trichoptera  an order of insects consisting of caddis flies
  subtype:  order_Thysanura__Thysanura  firebrats; silverfish; machilids
  subtype:  order_Thysanoptera__Thysanoptera  thrips
  subtype:  order_Dermaptera__Dermaptera  earwigs and a few related forms
  subtype:  order_Lepidoptera__Lepidoptera  moths and butterflies
  subtype:  order_Exocycloida__Exocycloida  flat sea urchins
  subtype:  order_Spatangoida__Spatangoida  heart-shaped sea urchins
  subtype:  order_Lagomorpha__Lagomorpha  rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia
  subtype:  order_Rodentia__Rodentia  small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis
  subtype:  suborder_Myomorpha__Myomorpha  true rats and mice and related rodents
  subtype:  suborder_Hystricomorpha__Hystricomorpha  an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc.
  subtype:  suborder_Sciuromorpha__Sciuromorpha  large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.
  subtype:  order_Dinocerata__Dinocerata  small order of primitive ungulates of the Paleocene and Eocene
  subtype:  order_Hyracoidea__Hyracoidea  hyraxes and some extinct animals
  subtype:  order_Perissodactyla__Perissodactyla  nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms
  subtype:  order_Artiodactyla__Artiodactyla  an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes
  subtype:  suborder_Ruminantia__Ruminantia  cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels
  subtype:  order_Edentata__Edentata  order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos
  subtype:  suborder_Xenarthra__Xenarthra  armadillos; American anteaters; sloths
  subtype:  order_Pholidota__Pholidota  pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata
  subtype:  order_Primates__Primates  an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
  subtype:  suborder_Anthropoidea__Anthropoidea  monkeys; apes; hominids
  subtype:  order_Scandentia__Scandentia  a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora)
  subtype:  suborder_Prosimii__Prosimii  not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea
  subtype:  suborder_Lemuroidea__Lemuroidea  Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii
     subtype:  family_Daubentoniidae__Daubentoniidae  comprising solely the aye-aye
  subtype:  suborder_Strepsirhini__Strepsirhini  in some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemurs
  subtype:  suborder_Tarsioidea__Tarsioidea  in some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii
  subtype:  order_Dermoptera__Dermoptera  flying lemurs
  subtype:  order_Proboscidea__Proboscidea  an order of animals including elephants and mammoths
  subtype:  order_Siluriformes__Siluriformes  an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes
  subtype:  order_Gadiformes__Gadiformes  cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini
  subtype:  order_Anacanthini__Anacanthini  at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications
  subtype:  order_Anguilliformes__Anguilliformes__order_Apodes  elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced
  subtype:  order_Isospondyli__Isospondyli  most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon
  subtype:  order_Pediculati__Pediculati  anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth
  subtype:  order_Synentognathi__Synentognathi  order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks
  subtype:  superorder_Acanthopterygii__Acanthopterygii  teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
  subtype:  order_Perciformes__Perciformes__Percomorphi__order_Percomorphi  one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
  subtype:  suborder_Percoidea__Percoidea  in some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder
  subtype:  order_Discocephali__Discocephali  small order of fishes comprising the remoras
  subtype:  suborder_Mugiloidea__Mugiloidea  fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae
  subtype:  suborder_Blennioidea__Blennioidea  blennies; butterfishes; gunnels
  subtype:  suborder_Scombroidea__Scombroidea  mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes
  subtype:  order_Ganoidei__Ganoidei  a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales
  subtype:  order_Scleroparei__Scleroparei  scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards
  subtype:  suborder_Scorpaenoidea__Scorpaenoidea  mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards
  subtype:  order_Plectognathi__Plectognathi__order_Tetraodontiformes  boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers
  subtype:  order_Heterosomata__Heterosomata__order_Pleuronectiformes  flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes

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