Senjecas Tax. Mammalia

Introduction

• In the Sefdaanian cultures, each individual is a member of a hierarchy of communities. The Ethrans have used this hierarchy as a pattern for their classification of life forms.

1. The individual is, first of all, a member of one of the six Loquent Peoples. The largest of the taxonomic communities is that of the leuða (< le̋uðu, people). Thus, there are "animal people" and "plant people". This division corresponds to "kingdom" in modern taxonomy.
2. Next, the individual lives in one of the seven regions (watersheds) of Sefdaania. This division, the ta̋iɱa (< ta̋iɱa, region), corresponds to "class" in modern taxonomy.
3. Within the several regions, the individual lives in a commune. This division, the kőina (< kőino, commune), corresponds to "order" in modern taxonomy.
4. Each commune is comprised of a number of families. This division, the ða̋ma (< ða̋mu, family), corresponds to "family" in modern taxonomy.
5. Within the family, the individual is usually one of several siblings. This division, the ȝǫ̋ra (< ȝǫ̋ru, sibling), corresponds to "genus" in modern taxonomy.
6. And finally there is the individual himself. This division, the še̋ða (< še̋ðu, individual), corresponds to "species" in modern taxonomy.

• Finer divisions can be made with the use of prefixes, e.g.:

1. uf-, higher = super-
2. ner-, under = sub-
3. sup-, low = infra-

• In the following, abbreviations are used to help orient, e.g., SF, superfamily; F, family; sF, subfamily.

• Names in red are those of mammals that did not exist in Sefdaania.

sC. Prototheria – tǫlṡų́þnerta̋iɱa

O. Monotremata – sémaxkőina

F. Ornithorhynchidae – ną́þkoxða̋ma

• nąþkőke, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus

sC. Theria – ǧįpíð nerta̋iɱa

iC. Marsupialia – pą́ðsufta̋iɱa

O. Didelphimorphia – púlɱamkőina

F. Didelphidae – púlɱamða̋ma

sF. Didelphinae – pulɱámnerða̋ma

• pąðṡőɱe, Didelphis virginiana, Virginia opossum

O. Diprotodontia – d̬oṅófsįłkőina

sO. Vombatiformes – d̬óṅofsı̨́łnerkőina

F. Phascolarctidae – pą́ðverða̋ma

• pąðve̋re, Phascolarctos cinereus, koala

F. Vombatidae – púpąð(ɘð)a̋ma

• pąðlűnge, Vombatus ursinus, wombat

iC. Eutheria – ęnáxsufta̋iɱa

SO. Xenarthra – ɱǫᵹmélufkőina

O. Cingulata – hásƶerkőina

F. Dasypodidae – vóðpeð(ɘð)a̋ma

sF. Dasypodinae - voðpéðnerða̋ma

• ƶe̋raþke, Dasypus spp., armadillo

O. Pilosa – þ̇ųxkőina

sO. Vermilingua – mąstílnerkőina

F. Cyclopedidae – pinsóiðƶefða̋ma

• pínsoiðƶe̋fe, Cyclopes didactylus, silky anteater

F. Myrmicophagidae - sóidƶefða̋ma

• gáᵹsoidƶe̋fe, Myrmicophaga tridactyla, giant anteater
• kúðsoidƶe̋fe, Tamandua mexicana, northern tamandua
• lúɱsoidƶe̋fe, Tamandua tetradactyla, southern tamandua

sO. Folivora – vąlƶéfnerkőina

F. Bradypodidae – tírnoᵹða̋ma

• tirnőᵹe, Bradypus spp., three-toed sloths

F. Megalonychidae – d̬ónoᵹða̋ma

• d̬onőᵹe, Choloepus spp., two-toed sloths

O. Eulipotyphla – ?kőina

F. Erinaceidae – ehða̋ma

sF. Erinaceinae – éhnerða̋ma

• 001 e̋he, Erinaceus europaeus, European hedgehog
• 002 siȝe̋le, Erinaceus roumanicus, northern white-breasted hedgehog
• 003 hę̋re, Hemiechinus auritus, long-eared hedgehog

F. Soricidae – šorða̋ma

• 004 šőre, Sorex araneus, common shrew
• ǧaršőre, Sorex alpinus, alpine shrew,

F. Talpidae – k̬ɔmða̋ma

sF. Desmaninae - ðųfk̬ɔ́mnerða̋ma

• ðųfk̬ɔ̋me, Desmana moschata, Russian desman

sF. Talpinae – k̬ɔ́mnerða̋ma

• 005 k̬ɔ̋me, Talpa europaea, European mole