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Taxonomic rank sorts taxa by their formal level, such as family, genus or order. Wikipedia states plainly that "Felidae is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora," naming both its own rank and the rank directly above it in the same sentence. This dimension lets a visitor compare taxa that sit at the same formal level of classification.

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Abrocomidae

Family

Ailuridae

Family

Anomaluridae

Family

Antilocapridae

Family

Aotidae

Family

Aplodontiidae

Family

Atelidae

Family

Balaenopteridae

Family

Bathyergidae

Family

Bovidae

Family

Bradypodidae

Family

Callitrichidae

Family

Calomyscidae

Family

Camelidae

Family

Canidae

Family

Castoridae

Family

Caviidae

Family

Cebidae

Family

Cercopithecidae

Family

Cervidae

Family

Cheirogaleidae

Family

Chinchillidae

Family

Chrysochloridae

Family

Cistugidae

Family

Craseonycteridae

Family

Cricetidae

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Family

Ctenomyidae

Family

Cuniculidae

Family

Dasypodidae

Family

Dasyproctidae

Family

Dasyuridae

Family

Daubentoniidae

Family

Delphinidae

Family

Diatomyidae

Family

Dinomyidae

Family

Dipodidae

Family

Dugongidae

Family

Echimyidae

Family

Elephantidae

Family

Emballonuridae

Family

Equidae

Family

Erethizontidae

Family

Erinaceidae

Family

Eupleridae

Family

Felidae

Family

Furipteridae

Family

Galagidae

Family

Geomyidae

Family

Giraffidae

Family

Gliridae

Family

Heptaxodontidae

Family

Herpestidae

Family

Heteromyidae

Family

Hippopotamidae

Family

Hipposideridae

Family

Hominidae

Family

Hyaenidae

Family

Hylobatidae

Family

Hystricidae

Family

Indriidae

Family

Iniidae

Family

Lemuridae

Family

Lepilemuridae

Family

Leporidae

Family

Lorisidae

Family

Macropodidae

Family

Manidae

Family

Megadermatidae

Family

Megalonychidae

Family

Mephitidae

Family

Miniopteridae

Family

Molossidae

Family

Monodontidae

Family

Mormoopidae

Family

Moschidae

Family

Muridae

Family

Mustelidae

Family

Myocastoridae

Family

Myrmecophagidae

Family

Mystacinidae

Family

Myzopodidae

Family

Nandiniidae

Family

Natalidae

Family

Nesomyidae

Family

Noctilionidae

Family

Nycteridae

Family

Ochotonidae

Family

Octodontidae

Family

Odobenidae

Family

Orycteropodidae

Family

Otariidae

Family

Pedetidae

Family

Petromuridae

Family

Phalangeridae

Family

Phascolarctidae

Family

Phocidae

Family

Phocoenidae

Family

Phyllostomidae

Family

Physeteridae

Family

Pitheciidae

Family

Platacanthomyidae

Family

Procyonidae

Family

Pteropodidae

Family

Rhinocerotidae

Family

Rhinolophidae

Family

Rhinonycteridae

Family

Rhinopomatidae

Family

Sciuridae

Family

Solenodontidae

Family

Soricidae

Family

Spalacidae

Family

Suidae

Family

Talpidae

Family

Tapiridae

Family

Tarsiidae

Family

Tenrecidae

Family

Thryonomyidae

Family

Thyropteridae

Family

Tragulidae

Family

Trichechidae

Family

Ursidae

Family

Vespertilionidae

Family

Viverridae

Family

Vombatidae

Family

Zapodidae

Family
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1. Wikipedia: Taxonomic rank
WikipediaTaxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, mammal families
Quote, Taxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, mammal families
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