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 leudha (< 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-

• This table makes use of the following ranks:

subclass (sC) – nerta̋iɱa

infraclass (iC) - sufta̋iɱa

superorder (SO) – ufkőina

order (O) – kőina

suborder (sO) - nerkőina

superfamily (SF) – ufða̋ma

family (F) - ða̋ma

subfamily (sF) - nerða̋ma

tribe (infrafamily) (T) – sufða̋ma

subtribe (supergenus) (sT) - ufȝǫ̋ra

• Names in red are those of mammals that did not exist in Sefdaania. I've added them just for fun.

sC. Prototheria – tǫlṡų́þnerta̋iɱa

O. Monotremata – sémaxkőina

F. Ornithorhynchidae – ną́þkoxða̋ma

• nąþkőke, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus

sC. Theria – ǧįpíðnerta̋iɱa

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 – voðpeð(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. Eulipotypha – ?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

O. Chiroptera – mánpeþkőina

sO. Megachiroptera – náxmanpéþnerkőina

sO. Microchiroptera – ƶ̇ǫ́nmanpéþnerkőina

F. Vespertilionidae – vą́palða̋ma

• 006, vąpa̋le, P. pipistrellus, common pipistrelle

O. Primates – mézt̬inkőina

sO. Strepsirrhini – laþnásnerkőina

• rı̨́skįfme̋ce, Lemuridae spp., lemur

sO. Haplorrhini – sausnásnerkőina

SF. Cercopithicoidea – naȝábufða̋ma

F. Cercopithecidae – náȝavða̋ma

• nąime̋ce, Papio hamadryas, Hamadryas baboon

SF. Hominoidea – "ábufða̋ma"

F. Hominidae – "avða̋ma"

sF. Ponginae – "reuðávnerða̋ma"

• reuða̋be, Ponga spp., orangutan

sF. Homininae – táḷon(ɘn)erða̋ma

T. Gorillini – cuþnéðsufða̋ma

• cuþne̋ðe, G. gorilla, gorilla

T. Hominini – taḷónsufða̋ma

sT. Panina - cimpánzufȝǫ̋ra

• cimpa̋nze, Pan troglodytes, common chimpanzee
• bonőbe, Pan paniscus, bonobo

sT. ?ina – pézufȝǫ̋ra

• iðṙőnu, Homo primicreatus, ethran
• taḷőnu, Homo sapiens, human
• taiṅőnu, Homo monticola, lithan

sT. ?ina – kúlufȝǫ̋ra

• ąþ̇őnu, Homo ripacola, pyran
• meþ̇őnu, Homo lacucola, hydoran
• mąṭőnu, Homo silvicola, xylan

O. Carnivora – íþƶefkőina

sO. Feliformia – suðnéðnerkőina

F. Felidae - bųð(ɘð)a̋ma

sF. Pantherinae - bų́ðnerða̋ma

• 007 ḍűvle, †Panthera tigris virgata, Caspian tiger
• 008 ṭűnge, Panthera tigris altaica, Siberian tiger
• 009 bų̋ðe, †Panthera leo spelaea, Eurasian cave lion
• 010 pɔ̋de, Panthera pardus, leopard
• 011 zı̋ke, Panthera uncia, snow leopard
• 012 ȝa̋rge, Neofelis nebulosa, clouded leopard
• ɱespɔ̋de, Panthera onca, jaguar

sF. Felinae – máłnerða̋ma

• 013, L. lynx, lų̋ᵹe, Eurasian lynx
• naiva̋ke, †Acinonyx intermedius, cheetah
• 014 mą̋łe, Felis chaus, jungle cat
• 015 ɱı̋sle, Felis sylvestris, wild cat
• 016 bą̋ve, Felis catus, domestic cat
• ɱesbų̋ðe, Puma concolor, cougar