<Li> Order Macroscelidea: elephant shrews (Africa) </Li> <Li> Order Afrosoricida: tenrecs and golden moles (Africa) </Li> <Li> Order Tubulidentata: aardvark (Africa south of the Sahara) </Li> <Li> Clade Paenungulata <Ul> <Li> Order Hyracoidea: hyraxes or dassies (Africa, Arabia) </Li> <Li> Order Proboscidea: elephants (Africa, Southeast Asia) </Li> <Li> Order Sirenia: dugong and manatees (cosmopolitan tropical) </Li> </Ul> </Li>

Mammals are the only group of animals to demonstrate significant protection of their young