Eutheria

From Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “good, true”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).

Eutheria

1. A taxonomic infraclass within the class Mammalia – all mammals more closely related to placentals like rodents and humans than to marsupials.

• almost synonymous with Placentalia

• (infraclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass^[1]

• (infraclass): Atlantogenata: Xenarthra, Afrotheria; Boreoeutheria: Laurasiatheria, Euarchontoglires – superorders within magnorders
  • Afrosoricida, Artiodactyla, Carnivora, Chiroptera, Cingulata, Dermoptera, Eulipotyphla, Hyracoidea, Lagomorpha, Macroscelidea, Perissodactyla, Pholidota, Pilosa, Primates, Proboscidea, Rodentia, Scandentia, Sirenia, Tubulidentata – orders^[1]

• (infraclass): Metatheria

• Eutheria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eutheria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Eutheria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons